The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, warned in a press conference this Friday that more cases of infection with the new coronavirus have occurred in the last four weeks than in the first six months of the pandemic.
The official also stressed that both Europe and the United States are experiencing saturation in hospitals and intensive care units (ICU) due to the growing number of cases, and insisted on the need for countries to promote all available instruments to combat the disease. virus.
“There was good news this week about trials of vaccines against covid-19, which continues to give us hope that the pandemic will end. At the same time, we must continue to use the tools we have to interrupt transmission chains and save lives now, ”said the official, quoted by EuropaPress.
The Director-General of WHO also warned that the pandemic is a “clear reminder” of the “intimate relationship” between humans, animals and the planet. “We cannot protect and promote human health without paying attention to the health of animals and the health of our environment,” he stressed.
WHO also warned that Europe should prepare for six “hard” months, while fighting the second wave of covid-19. According to WHO regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, more than 29,000 deaths from Covid-19 were recorded across the continent last week, adding that confinements were helping to decrease the number of new cases.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Europe has registered more than 15 million infections and more than 354 thousand deaths.
This Friday was the global barrier of 57 million cases has been overcome, according to official data from Johns Hopkins University. There are currently 57,079,576 infections in about 191 countries and territories and 1,363,391 fatalities have also been recorded due to covid-19.
The United States, Brazil and India continue to be the countries most affected by the pandemic, both in terms of cases and deaths.
The new cases of Covid-19 are still increasing in 67 countries worldwide and 43 are close to the peak of infection, according to the Reuters agency’s global tracker.
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