(Geneva) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged countries affected by coronavirus to “wake up” and “start fighting” because “the numbers don't lie”.
Posted on July 3 2020 at 12 h 48
France Media Agency
“It is really time for the countries to look at the figures. Please don't ignore what the numbers tell you, “WHO health emergency manager Michael Ryan said at a press conference. He was asked about the situation in Mexico but said his message was addressed to “many countries”.
“People have to wake up. The numbers do not lie and the situation on the ground does not lie, “he continued, stressing that” it is never too late in an epidemic to take control. ”
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WHO Health Emergency Officer Michael Ryan
“WHO fully understands that there are good reasons for countries that want to get their economies back on track,” he continued.
“But you cannot ignore the problem either, it will not magically disappear,” he said. “We have to fight now. We have to stop this virus now, ”he insisted.
“Countries are facing difficult choices” but “must absolutely break the chains of transmission”, including by adopting containment measures “if there is no alternative”, said M Ryan.
The COVID pandemic – 19 continues to slow in Europe, but it is soaring the American continent.
For the first time since the outbreak of the epidemic in China in December, Latin America on Friday overtook Europe in number of cases, with more than 2.7 million patients, even if the old continent remains the most bereaved region of the world with nearly 200 00 0 dead in front of the United States and Canada (137 421) and Latin America (121 662).
