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Infections up for first time in weeks: WHO – PerthNow
Coronavirus infections have risen around the world for the first time in seven weeks, the WHO says.
The number of new coronavirus infections globally rose last week for the first time in seven weeks, the World Health Organisation says.
“We need to have a stern warning for all of us: that this virus will rebound if we let it,” Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO technical lead for COVID-19, told a briefing.
“And we cannot let it.”
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the rise was “disappointing but not surprising,” noting that the upward trend was taking place everywhere apart from Africa…
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