The World Health Organization said Wednesday it had actually signed up a brand-new daily record variety of COVID-19 cases as it quickly neared the “tragic turning point” of 5 million overall infections.
The UN agency’s chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that on Tuesday, there were “106,000 cases reported to WHO– the most in a single day considering that the break out began” in December.
The WHO was likewise getting to grips with U.S. President Donald Trump’s reform ultimatum, providing the organisation 30 days to overhaul its operations otherwise its biggest factor would freeze its financing and think about taking out entirely.
The Geneva-based WHO’s coronavirus illness dashboard stated that on Tuesday, 106,662 validated cases had actually been reported to the agency from around the world.
The new figures come after states around the world have actually been drastically ramping up their screening programmes. And the pandemic is still unfolding.
” We still have a long method to enter this pandemic,” Tedros told a virtual press conference as his firm warned of increasing infection figures in poorer countries.
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