WASHINGTON - It is critically important for governments to present facts in a way that people really understand what the Covid-19 coronavirus is, and the logic behind some of the measures put in place, says Dr Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist at the World Health Organisation .
"Communities must be involved and engaged, and understand the rationale for loosening and reinstituting measures, because we are now moving into a phase of a long term change in the way that society is going to function," Dr Swaminathan said on the phone from Geneva. "The public needs to hear the facts," she stressed."And it's a changing science as well, because every day you learn something more about this virus and how it's transmitting and so on, and about its biology, but also advances being made in treatments and in vaccines. And the public health measures that work, and some that don't work."
Dr Swaminathan spoke to The Straits Times as parts of the world begin to return to business as usual after prolonged lockdowns. "Sometimes scientists will talk in language that's very hard to follow," Dr Swaminathan said."So being able to present the facts in a way that people really understand... is important."
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