WHO is concerned about the accelerated spread of the outbreak in countries in Central and South America

GENEVA, June 3 (Xinhua Liu Qu) The World Health Organization on the 3rd expressed concern about the accelerated spread of the new crown epidemic in many countries in Central and South America, suggested that these countries will combine the successful experience and knowledge of other countries with local conditions, to take comprehensive and sustained measures against the epidemic.
WHO Director-General Tan Desser said at a press conference on the same day that countries have reported more than 100,000 new crown confirmed cases to WHO every day for the past five days, with the Americas remaining the region with the highest number of reported cases, with more cases reported per day in the Americas in recent weeks than in the rest of the world as a result.
who is particularly concerned about the accelerating spread of the new crown outbreak in many countries in Central and South America, he said. Cases are also on the rise in the eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asia and Africa, but the total is much smaller than in Central and South America.
, executive director of the WHO Health Emergency Program, said the new crown outbreak is at different stages in different countries and regions. WHO is particularly concerned about the development of the outbreak in the Central American country of Haiti, which is different from other Central American countries, but is not optimistic. In South American countries, particularly Brazil and Peru, the virus is still spreading at an accelerated pace.
said the current rapid development of the outbreak in Central and South America is mainly due to the serious spread of community. Once community transmission takes shape, it is difficult to eradicate it completely in the short term, and a series of comprehensive and sustained measures such as "government-wide and society-wide" must be taken to curb it. He recommended that central and South American countries adhere to anti-epidemic measures, guided by science and evidence, and encourage community participation in the fight against the epidemic, taking into account global knowledge and experience of the epidemic and their specific circumstances. He said that there is no absolute and suitable for the success of all countries and regions in dealing with the new crown pandemic, only according to local conditions, the full commitment of the government, full respect for science, long-term adherence to success.
Maria van Kelkhofer, technical director of WHO's Health Emergency Project, recommends that, while new coronavirus appears to be ubiquitous in countries where the outbreak is still severe, efforts should be focused on identifying the regions or populations where the virus is most spreading and focusing limited resources on those regions or populations. In addition, high attention should be paid to people at high risk of infection, such as first-line health care personnel.
who announced the same day that its "Solidarity Trial" project will resume the hydroxychloroquine branch trial. Earlier, the Umodyot project's executive team decided to suspend the hydroxychloroquine branch trial because of concerns about the safety of hydroxychloroquine. Following a review of existing mortality data, Umo Ancelox Data Security and Monitoring
made recommendations that there was no reason to modify the pilot programme, and the project implementation team endorsed the continuation of all branch trials, including hydroxychloroquine.