Geneva - Sana
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of the continued high rates of infection with the Coronavirus in a number of countries of the world, noting that “the northern hemisphere is facing a decisive moment in the fight against the (Covid 19) pandemic.”
Agence France-Presse quoted WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as saying during a videoconference that “Many countries are witnessing a steady increase in cases (Covid 19) and this is now leading to the supervision of intensive care units to reach their maximum capacity or already reached it even though we are not We are still in October. ”
Giberesus warned that "the next few months will be very difficult and that some countries are on a dangerous path."
The Director-General of the organization asked political leaders "to take immediate measures to avoid additional unnecessary deaths, the collapse of basic health services and the closure of schools."
For her part, the doctor, Maria Van Kerkhove, responsible for managing the "Covid 19" file in the United Nations organization, indicated that nearly half of the virus cases recorded in the past twenty-four hours were in Europe and expected that hospitals in a number of countries of the continent would reach their maximum capacity within Coming weeks.
The "Covid 19" pandemic has caused the death of more than 1.1 million people since the disease first appeared last December, while the number of infections recorded in Europe alone exceeded 8.2 million, of which more than 258 thousand people died.