WHO “Pandemics continue accelerating about twice as quickly as in six weeks” 4:28, July 28
WHO = World Health Organization Secretary-General Tedros said that the number of people globally infected with the new coronavirus has nearly doubled in the past six weeks, and the pandemic has continued to accelerate He called for measures such as taking them.
Secretary-General Tedros at a regular press conference held at the headquarters of Geneva, Switzerland on the 27th, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus has nearly doubled in the past 6 weeks to 16 million, and the death toll has reached 640,000. "The pandemic continues to accelerate," he said.
After that, he continued to call that it was essential to
keep away from people
, wash hands,
and avoid crowded areas and closed spaces.
Executive Secretary Tedros noted that these efforts helped control Canada, China, Germany and South Korea from large-scale infections.
At the press conference, Ryan, who oversees the crisis response, said that countries such as Japan and Australia, where the number of infected people is relatively low compared to the rest of the world, are “still successful cases”.
He also said that a new group of infected people = clusters has been confirmed in Japan and other countries, "the government's response, which provides information on clusters and discloses them transparently, should be praised." In addition, each person continued to complain that it is necessary to take thorough measures to prevent infection.