Health
WHO says pandemic ‘a long way from over’ – The West Australian
A surge in coronavirus infections in India has taken the country’s total caseload past Brazil while numbers rise across the world.
Confusion and complacency in addressing COVID-19 means the pandemic is a long way from over but it can be brought under control in months with proven public health measures, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says.
So far 780 million vaccines have been administered globally but measures including wearing masks and maintaining physical distancing must be applied to reverse the trajectory.
“We too want to see societies and economies reopening, and travel and trade resuming,” Tedros told…
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