WHO: COVID-19 Threatens 1.363 Billion People in World

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that more than 1.362 billion people in various parts of the world are susceptible to contract Coronavirus (known also as COVID-19).

He stressed that those people are exposed to increasing danger as time passes.

He tweeted today, Thursday, that before the pandemic, there are some 690 million people suffer from malnourishment and other 672 million people suffer from obesity.

He added that the two groups mentioned above face the danger of contracting the deadly virus.

He considers that removing obstacles that prevent adopting a safe nourishing diet is an important matter to convert diets to become healthy just and sustainable.

On the other hand. Director-General of the WHO revealed that about new five million infections with the Coronavirus were registered last week.

He pointed out that the big numbers of infected people make us feel danger because death is a tragedy for all families, societies even a whole nation.

He made clear that the pandemic has claimed the souls of some three million people.

But he assured that if we apply the tools we have in a just and coordinated manner, we could then put the pandemic under control.

He indicated that the world has sufficient tools to control the pandemic within a few months.

Last Monday, the    WHO announced extending the state of emergency for the eighth week in a row due to the     COVID-19.

The United Nations (UN) organization warns that infection with deadly virus threatens all countries across the globe.

The Emergency Commission at the WHO  issued a statement that says that Director-General Tedros Adhnum Ghebreyesus adopted guidelines set by the commission as COVID-19 has international importance.

The organization's experts pointed out that the Coronavirus pandemic "continues to negatively affect the health of the world population."

They stressed that "the risks of the disease spreading on an international scale" and its implications for international transportation require a "coordinated global response."