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WHO Warns of Dangerous Stage of Coronavirus Threatens World


Fri 02 Jul 2021 | 11:59 PM
Ahmed Moamar

Dr.  Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, General- Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that the world is getting through a very dangerous stage of developing of the Coronavirus (known also as COVID-19) after the emerging of  the "Delta" strain.

He added that this strain was detected in ninety-eight regions in the world so far.

He stressed that the "Delta" strain is very dangerous as it continues to mutate.

He added that this strain becomes the most overwhelming in a number of countries so the planet faces the challenges due to that stage of the pandemic.

Chief of the WHO went on to say that the health system across the globe must monitors thoroughly the new mutations of the deadly virus and prepared means to handle them.

He pointed out the importance of early examinations, checks of infection, isolating the patients and treating them.

He recommends other people to put on facial masks and shields along with social distancing as well as airing the places of gatherings.

Dr. Ghebreyesus urges the international community to share vaccines, respiratory devices, medicaments, methods of examinations and accelerating vaccination.

He indicated that the best way to keep the pandemic at bay, save souls, catalyst the recovery of the world economy and prevent emergence of new strains of the COVID-19.

However, A new count prepared by "Reuters", news agency and Johns Hopkins University, USA, reveals that the Coronavirus (known also as COVID-19) has claimed lives of more than 4 million and eighty thousand people.

Also, the deadly virus has infected some 181 million people across the globe so far.

The confirmed cases were registered in 210 countries and areas in various continents of the world since the virus has been detected for the first time in its Chinese epicenter in December 2019.

Death toll in the United States of America (USA) hit 603 thousand cases and 75 million infections.

Brazil comes second among the most hit by the Covid-19 as the virus killed 512 thousand and infected about 38 million.