The World Health
Organisation (WHO) has urged nations to take urgent steps in the fight against
coronavirus.
The global pandemic
has affected 200 countries and caused over 20,000 deaths globally.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO, at a briefing lauded the lockdown
that has been affected is many countries.
He stated that the
period should be used to do more to suppress the spread of the disease.
“We understand that
countries are trying to assess when and how they will be able to ease these
measures”, Ghebreyesus said.
“Asking people to
stay at home and shutting down population movement is buying time and reducing
the pressure on health systems, but on their own, these measures will not
extinguish the epidemics.”
He added that the
point of these actions is to enable the more precise and targeted measures that
are needed to stop transmission and save lives.
“We call on all
countries that have introduced so-called “lockdown” measures to use this time
to attack the virus. You have created a second window of opportunity. The
question is: how will you use it?”
The WHO DG advised
countries to immediately expand, train, and deploy health care and public
health workforce;
Implement a system
to find every suspected case at the community level;
Ramp up production
capacity and availability of testing;
Identify, adapt, and
equip facilities you will use to treat patients;
Develop a clear plan
and process to quarantine contacts;
Refocus the whole of
government on suppressing and controlling COVID-19.
Ghebreyesus stressed
that these measures are the best way to suppress and stop transmission so that
when restrictions are lifted, the virus doesn’t resurge.
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