Chinanews.com, April 2. According to news from the United Nations website, the Director General of the World Health Organization, Tan Desai, expressed deep concern at the rapid escalation of the new crown virus infection and global spread at a press conference in Geneva on the 1st. He said that the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia worldwide will reach one million in the next few days.
He said that in the past 5 weeks, people have seen an almost exponential increase in the number of new cases, spreading across almost every country, territory and region. The number of deaths has more than doubled in the past week. In the next few days, 1 million confirmed cases will be reached and 50,000 people will die.
He also said that although relatively few confirmed cases were reported in Africa, Central and South America, it was recognized that the 2019 coronavirus outbreak could have serious social, economic and political consequences for these regions.
In addition, Tandersee also said that WHO continues to study the use of masks and collect all relevant evidence available, and continues to evaluate the potential of masks for wider use in order to control the 2019 coronavirus at the community level. propagation.
He said the debate over the use of masks at the community level continues. WHO recommends medical masks for people who are sick and who care for them. However, in this case, masks are only effective in combination with other protective measures.
Tendsee argued that many countries require people to stay home and stop population movements, which can help limit the spread of the virus, but can also have unintended consequences for the poorest and most vulnerable. He called on governments to introduce social welfare measures to ensure that vulnerable groups have access to food and other necessities in the crisis.
He pointed out that in India, Prime Minister Modi announced a $ 24 billion package including free rations for 800 million vulnerable people, cash transfers to 204 million poor women, and 80 million in the next three months. Homes provide free cooking gas.
He said that many developing countries will work to implement social welfare programs of this nature. For these countries, debt relief is essential to enable them to take care of their people and avoid economic collapse. He said that the common appeal of the World Health Organization, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund has been to reduce or reduce the debt of developing countries.