.WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries to press on with efforts to contain the coronavirus, noting the global situation is worsening
More than 136,000 cases were reported worldwide on Sunday, “the most in a single day so far”, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Ryan also said infections in central American countries including Guatemala were still on the rise, and that they were “complex” epidemics. After removing cumulative numbers for coronavirus deaths in Brazil from a national website, the Health Ministry sowed further confusion and controversy by releasing two contradictory sets of figures for the latest tally of infection cases and fatalities.
More than 7 million people have been reported infected with the coronavirus globally and over 400,000 have died.At least half of Singapore’s newly discovered coronavirus cases show no symptoms, the co-head of the government’s virus taskforce told Reuters on Monday, reinforcing the city-state’s decision to ease lockdown restrictions very gradually.
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