The World Health Organization said Friday that it is still possible to bring coronavirus outbreaks under control, even though case numbers have more than doubled in the past six weeks. ADVERTISEMENT“In the last six weeks, cases have more than doubled,” Tedros told a virtual press conference in Geneva. However, “there are many examples from around the world that have shown that, even if the outbreak is very intense, it can still be brought back under control,” said Tedros. ADVERTISEMENTThe Irish epidemiologist said that “blind reopening” from lockdowns while community-level transmission of the virus was still going on, would inevitably lead to retrograde steps. But by stamping out small outbreaks, “we can potentially avoid the worst of having second peaks and having to have to move backwards in terms of lockdown”.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 11, 2020 07:17 UTC