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WHO warns that worst of pandemic is yet to come

The director-general of the World Health Organization said today that “the worst is yet to come” in relation to the covid-19, pointing to the politicization of the pandemic as a dividing factor exploited by a “fast and killer” virus.

On the day that marks six months since WHO received the first reports on unexplained pneumonia cases in China, Tedros Ghebreyesus said that “the reality is that this is still far from over.”

“Globally, the pandemic is accelerating”, overcoming the barriers of 10 million cases and 500 thousand deaths, he said.

As it is a “fast and killer” virus, it is necessary to “avoid divisions” because “any differences can be exploited” by the new coronavirus, which appeared in Wuhan, China, where the WHO will send “next week” a team to “understand how it started and what can be done in the future” for the world to prepare to deal with it.

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