WHO: 10% of the global population may have been infected with the new crown 20 times the diagnosis

Original title: WHO: 10% of the global population may have been infected with 20 times the number of confirmed cases of new crown

　　Overseas Network, October 5th. The head of emergency at the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday (5th) that its "most accurate calculation" showed that about 1/10 of the world's population may have been infected with the new crown virus, which is the number of confirmed cases More than 20 times.

The person in charge warned that the world will continue to face difficult times in the future.

　　According to news from the Associated Press (AP) on the 5th, Dr. Michael Ryan, WHO's head of emergency, said in a speech at the special meeting of the WHO Executive Committee on the new crown pneumonia epidemic that the number of global new crown pneumonia cases is between cities. , Rural areas and different groups are different, but this ultimately means that "the vast majority of the world’s population is still in danger."

Ryan said that the new coronavirus pandemic will continue to develop, but there are ways to curb the spread and save lives.

　　Ryan said that many deaths have been avoided and more lives have been protected. Among them, the number of cases in Southeast Asia has increased sharply, the number of deaths in Europe and the eastern Mediterranean has increased, while the situation in Africa and the Western Pacific has been "more positive."

Ryan told the delegates who make up the members of the Executive Committee and the governments of the member states that provided most of the funding: “The most accurate calculations at the moment tell us that about 10% of the global population may have been infected with this virus.”

　　The current global population is about 7.6 billion. According to WHO’s estimate, the number of confirmed cases will exceed 760 million, far exceeding the number of confirmed cases confirmed by the WHO and Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins). According to statistics, the number of confirmed cases in the world has exceeded 35 million.

In addition, public health experts have long stated that the number of confirmed cases is far below the true number.

　　These comments were considered at a special meeting of the Executive Committee, which was a follow-up to the May meeting.

Ruian warned at the time that the world "is entering a difficult period, the disease continues to spread, and the number of confirmed cases in many parts of the world is rising."

(Overseas Net Hou Xingchuan)

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