WHO sounds coronavirus siren in Africa: ‘prepare for the worst’

WHO sounds coronavirus siren in Africa: ‘prepare for the worst’

Sub-Saharan Africa has recorded its first Covid-19 death, a high-ranking politician in Burkina Faso, as the head of the World Health Organisation urged the continent to “prepare for the worst”.”Africa should wake up,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference in Geneva on Wednesday, pointing out that “in other countries, we have seen how the…

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WHO warns of new coronavirus lockdowns if countries don’t manage transitions ‘extremely carefully’

WHO warns of new coronavirus lockdowns if countries don’t manage transitions ‘extremely carefully’

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb. 24, 2020. Denis Balibouse/Reuters The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday that countries emerging from restrictions to halt the new coronavirus must proceed “extremely carefully” or risk a rapid rise in new cases. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said countries needed…

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