Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization, warned that countries that relax coronavirus restrictions should be extremely careful. WHO, Germany, South Korea and China exemplified the preparations and measures they took in the fight against coronavirus related to relaxed measures.
Speaking at the internet briefing on Monday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it is "complicated and difficult" to remove the corona restrictions. Tedros noted that loosening the restrictions "slowly and steadily" is key.
General Director Tedros said that Germany, South Korea and China have systems that can control the situation if the cases erupt again. Head of WHO Emergency Situations Unit Mike Ryan also praised the preparations of Germany and South Korea, stating that both countries have the capacity to overcome new infections. Ryan emphasized that these countries can suppress possible increases in the number of cases thanks to the case tracking systems, emphasizing that this is the key to preventing the big second waves. he criticized the countries for "blindly trying to overcome the process".
In Germany, which decided to relax the restrictions, the epidemic has regained speed. In South Korea, with the reopening of nightclubs, new cases were encountered. "Flock immunity" alert Ryan also mentioned the herd immunity discussions, sacrificing an older group of people, the idea of bringing herd immunity to the society is "a very, very dangerous account." "If the disease progresses at a low level without the possibility of examining the bulk infection clusters, there is always a chance that the virus will erupt again," Ryan warned.
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