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The global surge in COVID cases and deaths requires an immediate international response
Last week, during the World Health Organization (WHO) press brief, Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director for the WHO emergencies program, observed, “We are not in an epidemiologically stable situation. The virus is still working its way through the human population. A vast majority of people remain susceptible. So, it has not settled down in a pattern that we can predict.” He also highlighted that though the pandemic is raging across Europe and North America, most of the world’s population remains susceptible to the coronavirus.
Brooklyn s Green-Wood Cemetery adorned with tributes to victims of COVID-19 in New York City, May 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is worsening across the region, noting that Mexico, the United States and Canada are all recording high case numbers.
In a press briefing on Wednesday, PAHO director Carissa F. Etienne said the Americas region in recent has weeks been experiencing “the highest levels of new Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic.”
“In North America, Canada and the U.S. are reporting jumps in weekly case counts. In Canada, infections continue to climb, and record deaths have been reported in some provinces. Meanwhile, in the U.S., daily case counts are reaching 200,000 and more than 100,000 people are currently hospitalized due to Covid illness,” she said.