WHO says some countries are already heading towards community transmission of Covid-19. FMTNews Covid19
A nurse checks a visitor’s temperature as part of the coronavirus screening procedure at a hospital in Kuala Lumpur.
Infections have soared across the region in recent weeks, forcing several countries to introduce drastic measures ranging from closing their borders to foreign arrivals and imposing nighttime curfews to closing schools and cancelling sports events. “We need to immediately scale up all efforts to prevent the virus from infecting more people,” said Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO’s regional director.
Many of the country’s infections have been linked to a global Islamic event held last month and attended by almost 20,000 people.Singh said simple measures such as washing hands and social distancing were “critical” in the fight against the virus and could “substantially reduce transmission”.
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