Medical workers attend to a affected person affected by the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), at Scripps Mercy H
Medical workers attend to a affected person affected by the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), at Scripps Mercy Hospital in Chula Vista, California, U.S., Might 12, 2020.
Lucy Nicholson | Reuters
The coronavirus pandemic has entered a “new and harmful part” as each day Covid-19 circumstances hit document highs, the World Well being Group warned Friday.
The variety of new circumstances reported Thursday “have been probably the most in a single day up to now,” WHO Director-Common Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mentioned throughout a press convention from the company’s Geneva headquarters.
Nearly half of the overall circumstances have been reported from the Americas, Tedros mentioned, with a big quantity coming from Southern Asia and the Center East.
“Many individuals are understandably fed up with being at dwelling. Nations are understandably wanting to open up their societies and economies. However the virus continues to be spreading quick. It’s nonetheless lethal and most of the people are nonetheless inclined,” he mentioned.
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