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WHO chief lists 6 conditions for easing Covid-19 restrictions

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, on Thursday reeled out several conditions countries looking to lift coronavirus restrictions must meet to prevent another surge of infections.

In his weekly address to Geneva-based diplomats, Tedros said that easing social and economic curbs “must be done extremely carefully.
“If done too quickly, we risk a resurgence that could be even worse than our present situation,” he warned.


First of all, governments must ensure that the spread of the novel coronavirus is under control.
According to new WHO guidelines, this means that health authorities must know the origin of every single case and cluster of infections.

National health systems must also be able to find, test, isolate and treat every new case, and all recent social contacts of every infected person must be tracked down.
In addition, Ghebreyesus stressed that countries that want to ease their curbs must minimise infection risks in hot spot settings such as hospitals and nursing homes.
As a fourth condition, the WHO chief said that preventive measures must be in place in workplaces, schools and other essential locations.

This includes physical distancing, hygiene etiquette and, possibly, temperature measurements, according to the new WHO guidelines.

Ben Idah

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