"One million people dead in the world in a few days, 50,000 dead" WHO forecast April 2: 6:40

WHO Secretary General of the World Health Organization, Tedros, has predicted that the number of people infected with the new coronavirus will reach one million worldwide and deaths will increase to 50,000 in the next few days.

WHO Secretary-General Tedros held a regular press conference at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday, describing the situation three months after the Chinese authorities first reported the new coronavirus to the WHO. We are very concerned about the global spread. The number of infected people will rise to 1 million worldwide and deaths will reach 50,000 in the next few days, "he said. Showed.

Tedross is also urging governments to spread food and other necessities to vulnerable people, as more and more countries are taking measures to limit their travel.

In addition, at a conference, China began disclosing the number of infected people who did not have symptoms even if they tested positive from the first day, but they did not add to the total number of infected people, but how many people Were asked not to say what was confirmed.

On the other hand, Mr. Wankerkov, chief of technology, said, "In the definition of WHO, if a test is positive regardless of the presence or absence of symptoms, it will be counted as an infected person." He did not state whether it was appropriate not to add the number of patients to the cumulative statistics.