WHO: Coronavirus epidemic is gaining momentum, its peak has not yet been reached

The global Coronavirus pandemic has not yet reached its peak. This was announced on Tuesday at a briefing by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

According to him, “[at the beginning of the outbreak] 400,000 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in 12 weeks.” “And over the past weekend, 400 thousand cases of infection were detected in the world,” the Head of WHO noted. “The outbreak is accelerating and we are not yet at the peak of the epidemic.”

“To date, 11.4 million cases of infection have been registered worldwide, more than 535 thousand people have died,” added Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “While global mortality has leveled off, some countries have made significant progress in reducing the number of deaths from coronavirus, while in other countries the death rate continues to rise.”

According to Michael Ryan , Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme , "There is a big increase in new cases in June," while "the curve for deaths is a bit late, IT doesn't follow the curve for infections." “It could happen. It will be bad, but it can happen,” he said.

Ryan assessed that doctors and nurses are now better able to manage COVID-19 cases , certain therapies are available, there is experience with treatments that reduce mortality, but, he said, “it is a concern that the number of cases is increasing day by day. by day." “In April and May, we had 100,000 cases a day, and now we have 200,000 new cases,” the expert said, stressing that this is not only the result of mass testing. “This means that the epidemic is gaining momentum,” he concluded.