WHO warns that 2 million people may die if there are no collective actions against the coronavirus

09/25/2020 - 16:15

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The World Health Organization (WHO) warned this Friday that

from coronavirus

are

in the world if important collective actions are not taken against the pandemic.

"If we do not do everything possible, the number you are telling me about (two million) is not only possible but unfortunately very likely," WHO's director of emergency situations Michael Ryan told a news conference.

And he added: "If we do not continue to do more, to evolve, both in content and in the intensity of our cooperation, then yes, we will reach that number, and unfortunately even higher. The time to act is now."

For Ryan, "it's

, not just curing, not just (applying) social distancing, not just (working on) vaccines, but doing all of that at the same time."

Cemetery workers in Jakarta bury a coronavirus victim.

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More than 32,298,410 infected cases were officially diagnosed, but the number is considered to be much higher.

According to data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, so far the fatal victims from the coronavirus are 984,906.

With information from Télam.

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