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The World Well being Group is holding a briefing Monday on the coronavirus because the pandemic in america and Europe accelerates.
On Saturday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced a second nationwide lockdown in England as coronavirus circumstances surge there.
Final week, the WHO stated some international locations might must shut down their nonessential companies once more as a approach to take the “warmth” out of their worsening coronavirus outbreaks.
WHO officers stated they’re nonetheless hopeful most international locations will not must impose nationwide lockdowns, which had been imposed by some world leaders earlier within the 12 months as a approach to gradual the unfold of the virus. However as Covid-19 circumstances now speed up throughout the Northern Hemisphere, significantly in america and Europe, some international locations might must impose these stricter mitigation measures once more, the company stated.
Individually, WHO Director-Common Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeted late Sunday that he has been quarantined after somebody he was in touch with examined optimistic for the virus.
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