Coronavirus Has “Risk” of Exploding in These Regions, Says WHO (Representation)
Geneva:
The number of COVID-19 cases in India has doubled every three weeks, but the epidemic is not growing exponentially in the country and the region of South Asia, the World Health Organization said on Friday. (WHO).
“In South Asia, not just in India, but in Bangladesh and … in Pakistan and other countries in South Asia with large dense populations, the disease has not exploded, but there is still the risk of that happening, “said Dr. Mike Ryan. , WHO’s main emergency expert, said at a press conference.
Soumya Swaminathan, WHO chief scientist, noting that India has a population of 1.3 billion, said the 2,000,000 cases reported “seem large but for a country of this size, c ‘is still modest’.
WHO epidemiologist Dr Maria van Kerkhove said that PCR tests can show that a person with a mild infection is positive for virus fragments 2-3 weeks after the onset of symptoms and those with severe cases “for much longer”. “But we don’t know what it relates to in terms of infectivity, if someone can actually spread the virus,” she said.
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