Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, February 28 (Reporter Ling Xin Liu Qu) The Director General of the World Health Organization, Tan Desai, announced in Geneva on the 28th that he has raised the global risk level of the new crown pneumonia epidemic to "very high" from the previous "high". He also emphasized that the world still has the opportunity to control the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
Tan Desai said at a routine press conference on the same day that the number of new cases of coronary pneumonia and the number of countries affected by the epidemic has continued to increase in the past few days, which is obviously a cause for concern. "We have raised the global risk assessment of the spread and impact of new coronary pneumonia to 'very high'."
Tan Desai said that several countries have developed interconnected outbreaks, but most cases can still be traced to close contacts and no evidence of free spread of the virus in the community has been found.
Tan Desai emphasized that the key to controlling the epidemic is to block the virus transmission chain. "If we take strong action to detect cases early, isolate and care for patients, and track close contacts," we still have a chance to control the virus. "
Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization's Health Emergency Program, said at a press conference that the WHO has raised the global risk of the new crown pneumonia epidemic to the highest level, not to create panic, but to prepare countries for possible outbreaks.
On January 22, the WHO evaluated the global risk of the new crown pneumonia epidemic as "high", it was also "high" at the regional level, and the risk in China was "very high".