The threshold of ten million cases of Covid-19 in the world should be reached next week while the epidemic has not yet reached its peak in the Americas region, warned WHO on Wednesday.
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"A total of 10 million cases next week"
"In the first month of this epidemic, less than 10,000 cases have been reported to WHO. In the past month, almost 4 million cases have been reported. We expect to reach a total of 10 million cases next week, "said WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a virtual press conference. To date, more than 9,279,310 cases of infection have been officially diagnosed in 196 countries and territories.
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25-50% increase in cases in many countries
"The epidemic in the Americas is very intense, especially in Central and South America," said Michael Ryan, director of health emergencies at WHO, in a press conference. "We have seen a continuing and worrying trend, with many countries having experienced increases of 25-50% over the past week," he added. "Unfortunately, the pandemic in many countries of the American continent has not reached its peak," he said, stressing that the high level of transmission of the virus does not allow these countries to do away with it. "extreme health and social measures".
The senior official stressed that the duration of the epidemic and its trajectory depended on the action taken by governments.