WHO Sounds Alarm on the Rapid Increase in the Number of COVID-19 Cases Reported

Hospitalizations and ICU's Needed on the Rise

Geneva, 26th October 2020 — With several countries in Europe and the US seeing a rise in reported cases, hospitalizations, and increased demand for intensive care units in the past week, the World Health Organisation has highlighted once again the importance of protecting health care workers, and reminded citizens that if they want to stop the spread of the virus and avoid lockdowns they must follow and abide to national and local health guidelines.

Economic recovery, keeping kids in school and businesses open, will require “trade-offs, compromises and sacrifices” warned WHO’s Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus. He also pointed out that leaders that acted swiftly making policy decision based in science and respect for healthcare workers have succeeded in slowing the chains of transmission.

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