WHO insists: “It’s not over until there is no virus anywhere in the world”

cde.news desk 5 June 2020, 12:24 · 1 min read

A paramedic wearing a face shield pushes a gurney carrying a patient at the Emergency Room (ER) ward of the hospital in Codogno, northern Italy, 04 June 2020. The Lombardian town's clinic had admitted Italy's first recorded COVID-19 patient, a man named Mattia, on the night of 20-21 February 2020. It was subsequently shut down to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causing the pandemic disease and has only reopened now after more than three months of closure. Immediately upon its reopening, a new patient suspected of coronavirus infection has been admitted. EPA-EFE/MATTEO BAZZI

Some countries have seen “upticks” in COVID-19 cases as lockdowns ease, and populations must continue to protect themselves against the coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

“On upticks, yes we have seen in countries around the world – I’m not talking specifically about Europe – when the lockdowns ease, when the social distancing measures ease, people sometimes interpret this as ‘OK, it’s over’,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told a U.N. briefing in Geneva.

“It’s not over. It’s not over until there is no virus anywhere in the world,” she said, adding that U.S. protesters must also take precautions when gathering.

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WHO insists: “It’s not over until there is no virus anywhere in the world”

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