Spread of coronavirus confirms WHO fears, say experts

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WHO and governments need to transition from containment to mitigation, says an expert. FMTNews WHO

Electron microscope image shows Covid-19 in yellow emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab.

“The WHO and its member state governments now need to be thinking about transitioning from containment to mitigation, i.e. reducing the negative impacts of continued transmission,” Sridhar warned. He also warned that Africa’s poor health infrastructure left it vulnerable to the Covid-19 disease, which has spilled out of China to more than 25 countries.

“That renders controlling it much more difficult and presages the risk of its introduction beyond China.” Nathalie MacDermott, lecturer at King’s College London, said “the evolving situation in South Korea, Iran and Italy is very concerning.

 

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