WHO Warns Coronavirus Pandemic Is ‘Accelerating’

The emergencies chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said the coronavirus is continuing to gain pace globally and noted a marked increase in the number of daily cases being reported, warning that a spike in deaths could be soon to follow.

“In April and May, we were dealing with 100,000 cases a day,” said Dr. Michael Ryan during a Tuesday press briefing. “Today we’re dealing with 200,000 a day.”

Ryan said that the number of deaths appeared to be stable for the moment, but he cautioned that there is often a lag time between when cases increase and when deaths are reported, due to the amount of time it takes for the coronavirus to run its course in patients.

Ryan said that the significant jump in cases was not due to more widespread testing.

Members of the WHO technical committee said that they are working on publishing a scientific brief about how and if the coronavirus can spread in the air.

”We’ve been working on this for several weeks now and we’ve engaged with a large number of (scientific) groups,” Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, Head of the Technical Committee said.

It followed a letter published by more than 200 scientists who have called for the WHO and others to acknowledge that the coronavirus can spread in the air.

It would mean a change that could alter some of the current measures being taken to stop the pandemic.

Member of the technical committee Prof. Benedetta Allegrazzi said that evidence about the fact that coronavirus can spread in the air is emerging but ”it is not definitive.”

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