The continent has now “more reported cases and deaths than the rest of the world combined, apart from China“, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.Tedros was speaking at a news conference held virtually to avoid any potential spread of the virus among journalists.
Their comments came as countries in Europe and beyond introduced dramatic measures to halt the spread of the virus, including closing schools and restricting public events. “You can’t fight a virus if you don’t know where it is,” said Tedros, calling on countries to “find, isolate, test and treat every case, to break the chains of transmission.”“Any country that looks at the experience of other countries with large epidemics and thinks ‘that won’t happen to us’ is making a deadly mistake.”
The World Health Organisation also announced the creation of a new fund, targeted at drawing donations from companies, organisations and individuals toward helping fight the pandemic.
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