Shafaq News /The World Health Organization urged the governments around the world to pursue their efforts to contain Covid-19, noting that the pandemic's momentum is increasing globally; especially in Central America, where it did not hit the peak.
"After more than six months since the outbreak of the pandemic, this is not the time for any country to limit its efforts to combat the virus," the Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in an online press briefing.
executive director of WHO's Health Emergencies Program, Mike Ryan, said the infection rate in Central American countries is still rising, and added, "I think this is a very worrisome time".
Maria Van Kerkhove, a WHO epidemiologist, said during the press briefing that a "comprehensive approach" is necessary in South America.
"We are not close to the end of this pandemic yet," Van Kerkhof said.
Ryan said stressed on the importance of preventing a second peak of Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by a novel Coronavirus that has infected more than seven million people and killed more than 400,000 around the world.