World Health Organization (WHO) emergencies chief Michael Ryan said:
The organization noted that “the overwhelmingmost people in the world are still at risk. " In their opinion, the pandemic will continue to evolve, despite the tools to suppress the transmission of coronavirus and the efforts of medical workers.
According to Ryan, to date, about 10% of the world's population - 780 million people - could have been infected with the virus. The WHO spokesman called this assessment "optimistic".
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Ryan added that Southeast Asia facedwith a sharp increase in the number of coronavirus cases, growth was also seen in Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, while the situation in Africa and the western Pacific was "rather positive." In general, according to him, the world "is moving towards another difficult period."
This estimate is far superior to the numberconfirmed cases, calculated by both the WHO and Johns Hopkins University - according to their data, 35 million people worldwide have had coronavirus. However, WHO notes that the number of confirmed cases is lower than the true figure.
At the same time, the authorities of some countries are already introducingrestrictive measures. Israel was the first to return full quarantine, and Spain has restricted entry and exit from Madrid. In Moscow, self-isolation was returned for the elderly and people with chronic diseases, and companies were obliged to transfer 30% of employees to remote work.
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