The Director-General of the World Health Organization, today, Tuesday, warned that the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic is "accelerating" and has claimed 400,000 people during the end of last week, noting that it has not yet reached its climax.

"If the number of injuries appears to be stable globally, in fact some countries have made significant progress in reducing their number of deaths, while the number of deaths in other countries continues to rise," Tidros Adanum Gebresos said during an online press conference.

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