World Heath Organization Director General Says The Pandemic Is Still 'Accelerating'

CNBC: WHO warns the coronavirus is ‘getting worse,’ continues to accelerate

* “The pandemic is still accelerating,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
* More than half the world’s cases have been identified in the Americas, according to WHO’s latest situation report.
* Tedros announced the launch of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, which he said will evaluate the global response, including that of WHO.

More than six months after the coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China, the “once-in-a-century pandemic” continues to accelerate, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Thursday.

“The virus can be brought under control,” he said in his opening remarks to a member states mission briefing in Geneva. “But in most of the world, the virus is not under control; it’s getting worse.”

The new coronavirus, which emerged in Wuhan, China, in late December, has infected more than 12 million people around the world and killed at least 550,300 people so far, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. More than half of the world’s cases have been identified in the Americas, according to WHO’s latest situation report.

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Update: Covid-19 pandemic accelerating says WHO as review panel named (The Guardian).

WNU Editor: The stats are sobering. Bottom line. The total number of cases has doubled in the last six weeks, and this acceleration shows no signs of slowing down.