As Covid-19 cases continue to escalate across the globe, World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday said that the virus transmission and hospitalisation risks are likely to rise again in the coming months. The WHO chief, while noting that even though it is extremely essential to learn to live with Covid-19, pointed out, “But we cannot live with 15,000 deaths a week.” Further hinting that the coronavirus infections are likely to rise again, he said “We are tired of COVID, but the virus is not.”
“On COVID-19, over the past four weeks, reported deaths globally have increased by 35%. Just in the past week, 15,000 people around the world lost their lives to COVID-19. This is completely unacceptable, when we have all the tools to prevent infections and save lives,” WHO director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.