WHO: The new crown epidemic is at a "critical moment"
Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, October 23 (Reporter Nie Xiaoyang and Chen Junxia) World Health Organization Director-General Tan Desai said on the 23rd that for the world, especially the northern hemisphere countries, the new crown epidemic is currently at a “critical moment” and will be Very "difficult".
Tedros said at a routine press conference held that day that it is now October and the real winter has not yet arrived, but the number of cases in too many countries has increased exponentially, and hospitals and intensive care units in many regions are close. Load limit.
He urged relevant countries to take immediate comprehensive measures to reduce avoidable deaths, prevent the collapse of the basic medical system and prevent schools from closing again.
At the press conference that day, the technical leader of WHO's health emergency project, Van Kelkhover, said in response to questions from reporters that the international plan on the traceability of the new crown virus is being implemented steadily. International experts contacted, I believe there will be further news soon.
As the northern hemisphere enters winter, the number of new confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide is accelerating, especially in Europe and North America.
The data released by the WHO on the 23rd showed that the number of confirmed cases worldwide increased by more than 440,000 compared with the previous day, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 41.57 million, of which the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the Americas exceeded 19.17 million, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Europe exceeded 8.8 million.