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Areas of declining COVID-19 cases could see an imminent second wave, warns WHO
May 26, 2020
WHO emergencies head Dr Mike Ryan has warned of a second peak of coronavirus infections in countries easing up on measures. The world is still in the middle of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. A second wave of infections is possible in a few months' time. Dr Ryan said countries should keep surveillance and testing measures in place to avoid an immediate second peak.
Countries where coronavirus infections are declining could still face an “immediate second peak” if they let up too soon on measures to halt the outbreak, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
The world is still in the middle of the first wave of the coronavirus outbreak, WHO emergencies head Dr Mike Ryan told an online briefing, noting that while cases are declining in many countries they are still increasing in Central and South America, South Asia and Africa.
Ryan said epidemics often come in waves, which means that outbreaks could come back later this year in places where the first wave has subsided. There was also a chance that infection rates could rise again more quickly if measures to halt the first wave were lifted too soon.
“When we speak about a second wave classically what we often mean is there will be a first wave of the disease by itself, and then it recurs months later. And that may be a reality for many countries in a number of months’ time,” Ryan said.
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