GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization has warned that “the worst is yet ahead of us” in the coronavirus outbreak, raising new alarm bells about the pandemic just as many countries are beginning to ease restrictive measures.
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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus didn’t specify exactly why he believes that the outbreak that has infected nearly 2.5 million people and killed over 166,000, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University, could get worse. Some people, though, have pointed to the likely future spread of the illness through Africa, where health systems are far less developed.
Tedros alluded to the so-called Spanish flu in 1918 as a reference for the coronavirus outbreak.
“It has a very dangerous combination and this is happening … like the 1918 flu that killed up to 100 million people,” he told reporters in Geneva.
“But now we have technology, we can prevent that disaster, we can prevent that kind of crisis.”
“Trust us. The worst is yet ahead of us,” he said. “Let’s prevent this tragedy. It’s a virus that many people still don’t understand.”
What are they basing that negative outlook on. No data provided.
rachmuna litzlon
The numbers are simple… most states and most contries didnt reach their peak yet. Even NY where the peak was reached only had this pandemic for 2 month we still have over 6 month to go before any real remedy can be used on large number of people.
So its not so difficult to estimate that we can double these numbers.
There is good news.
The ny gay parade has been canceled first time in fifty years. Also the Israeli parade is canceled and yeshiva they won’t have to march alongside the gay toeiva groups who participate.
Boro Parker,
Remind me. Who pushed us heimishe to vote Democrat for pols who who pushed toeva and secularism and immorality? Remind us, please.
Rebbetzin
Yes unfortunately many of the heimisha democratic operatives voted for democRATs who are viciously anti Torah. Now we reap what we sow.
Don’t worry. We have Donald Trump who knew it was a pandemic before anyone else did and has done a great job controlling it. He alone can save us.
The WHO is the most biased discusting organization around!! It’s a Chinese paid for organization!! They’re a fraud!!