The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a virtual conference on June 22 that the coronavirus pandemic "is accelerating again". "The last million cases were reported in just eight days," warned Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, while it took more than three months to identify the first million cases.
The Chief Executive also explained that the economic, social and sometimes even political crisis would be felt for decades. In this context, he called on governments to prepare for possible new epidemics that could occur "in any country at any time" and which will have "a terrible impact".
To deal with it, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu invites states to work together to prepare for a new "global threat".