The WHO opposes such “passports” because recovery from the virus might not protect a person from reinfection.
Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world spent the second day of the Ramadan holy month out of mosques and avoiding large family meals to break the fast because of sequestration and social distancing policies.
In Italy, the number of COVID-19 fatalities rose to 26,384; Spain, 22,902; France, 22,614; and the United Kingdom, 20,319.The world remained in wait as companies and governments raced to develop treatments and, eventually, a vaccine for the virus, which first surfaced in China in late 2019. People holding such a “passport” may tend to ignore public health advice, such as continuing to wear protective masks, assuming they are not a danger to themselves or others, the WHO said.
In hard-hit Iran, health officials on Saturday raised fears of a “fresh outbreak” with another 76 fatalities declared, bringing the country’s official death toll to 5,650. The governor of the US state of Georgia rejected warnings from top disease experts and allowed businesses like hair dressers, nail salons and bowling alleys to reopen.
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