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- Most countries still in early stages of dealing with coronavirus: WHO
- "We have a long way to go": WHO director-general said
- Most countries still in early stages of tackling COVID-19, WHO said
COVID-19 will stalk the planet for a long time to come, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning that most countries were still in the early stages of tackling the pandemic.
WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said some countries that thought they had the new coronavirus under control were witnessing a resurgence in cases, while there were troubling upward trends in Africa and the Americas.
He also insisted that the UN health agency had declared a global emergency in good time on January 30 for countries to prepare and plan their response.
The body has been heavily criticised by the United States for its handling of the pandemic but Tedros brushed off calls for him to resign.
"Most of the epidemics in western Europe appear to be stable or declining," Tedros told a virtual press conference in Geneva.
"Although numbers are low, we see worrying upward trends in Africa, Central and South America, and eastern Europe."
"Most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemics. And some that were affected early in the pandemic are now starting to see a resurgence in cases.
"Make no mistake: we have a long way to go. This virus will be with us for a long time."
The global death count has passed 175,000, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP, while more than 2.5 million declared cases have been registered since the epidemic first emerged in China in December.
Tedros was pressed on whether the WHO had acted swiftly enough.
"Looking back, I think we declared the emergency at the right time" on January 30, he said, adding that the world "had enough time to respond".
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