'Right now, we're not in the second wave. We're right in the middle of the first wave globally,' said WHO's Executive Director of Emergencies, Dr. Michael Ryan, during a news conference on Monday.
was reported to WHO compared to any previous day, the public health agency's Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, highlighted upward outbreak trajectories occurring in lower-income regions. "In the last 24 hours, there have been 106,000 cases reported to WHO, the most in a single day since the outbreak began," Ghebreyesus said during the day's news conference.
"We're very concerned about the rising numbers of cases in low- and middle-income countries." At the time, WHO confirmed 20,810 new cases had been reported in India, as well as 5,056 in Bangladesh, two nations forced to initiate mass evacuations of coastal throughout the week as a result of Cyclone Amphan."We recognize that like with COVID-19, there is a serious threat to life, particularly the poorest and the most marginalized communities," Ghebreyesus said, acknowledging that abnormal weather patterns caused by climate change have led to additional challenges for countries already managing those brought on by the pandemic. World Health Organization Health Emergencies Program Director Michael Ryan, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Technical Lead Maria Van Kerkhove speak at a March 11 press conference to discuss the novel coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, Ryan noted that several countries' outbreak trajectories appear to be"on the way up."India saw record increases in nationwide case counts two days before WHO's announcement, reporting theThe report came alongside announcements from government authorities in Brazil that confirmed its health care system was nearing capacity due to a weekly surge in cases by. The country has reported more than 130,000 additional cases since then, totaling 374,898 overall diagnoses as of Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University's tracker. More than 5.5 million cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed worldwide since the start of the global pandemic, resulting in at least 346,836 deaths, the university's tracker confirmed Tuesday. Although several countries have reopened areas of their respective economies in response to fewer new cases reported daily, WHO's officials urged all nations to maintain ongoing mitigation and surveillance measures to prevent"an immediate second peak" in virus outbreaks.reached out to WHO for additional comments but did not receive a reply by time of publication.
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