(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 13 - "Evidence from different countries is giving us a clearer picture of this virus, how it behaves, how to stop it and how to treat it. We know that Covid-19 spreads quickly and we know that it is 10 times more deadly of the virus responsible for the 2009 flu. " WHO Director-General Tedros AdhanomGhebreyesus explained this in the briefing on the coronavirus from Geneva.
The 2009-2010 pandemic was that of the swine flu, also called H1N1, which caused about 18 thousand deaths in the world and hundreds of thousands of infections, especially in the American continent. WHO number one added: "We know that in some countries, cases of COVID-19 double every 3-4 days. The virus accelerates very quickly, but decelerates much slower." "This means - he stressed - that the restrictive measures must be revoked slowly and with control.
It can't happen all at once. And only if public health has taken the correct measures. "
WHO virus 10 times more deadly than H1N1
2020-04-13T16:55:12.742Z
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"The evidence from different countries is giving us a clearer picture of this virus, how it behaves, how to stop it and how to treat it. (ANSA)