Source: Overseas Network
People who have performed nucleic acid testing . (Photo source: Reuters )
Overseas Network, October 5. The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) emergency situation said on Monday (5th) that its "most accurate calculation" shows that about 1/10 of the world's population may have been infected with the new coronavirus, which is more than 20 times the number of confirmed cases. The person in charge warned that the world will continue to face difficult times in the future.
According to the Associated Press (AP) on the 5th, Dr. Michael Ryan, head of WHO emergency situation, said in a speech at the WHO executive committee's special meeting on the COVID-19 epidemic that the global COVID-19 case numbers vary between cities, rural areas and different groups, but this ultimately means that "the vast majority of the world's population is still in danger." Ryan said the coronavirus pandemic will continue to develop, but there are ways to curb transmission and save lives.
Ryan said many deaths have been avoided and more lives have been protected, with cases in Southeast Asia surged, deaths in Europe and the eastern part of the Mediterranean increased, while the situation in Africa and the western Pacific region was “more positive.” Ryan told the delegates of the members of the Executive Committee and the member governments that provided most of the funding: "The most accurate calculations at present tell us that about 10% of the global population may have been infected with the virus."
Currently, the world's population is about 7.6 billion. According to this estimate by WHO, the number of confirmed cases will exceed 760 million, far exceeding the number of confirmed cases confirmed by WHO and Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins). These two institutions have now counted that the number of confirmed cases worldwide has exceeded 35 million. In addition, public health experts have long stated that the number of confirmed cases is much lower than the real number.
These comments were considered at a special meeting of the Executive Committee, which was a follow-up to the May meeting. Ryan had warned at the time that the world "is entering a difficult period, the disease continues to spread, and the number of confirmed cases is rising in many parts of the world." (Overseas Network Hou Xingchuan)
