The Americas are bearing the brunt of the global coronavirus pandemic at present, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, with North and South America currently having four of the 10 worst hit countries in the world.
FILE PHOTO: Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus , in Geneva, Switzerland, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
The country’s health system was “still coping”, although some intensive care units were at a critical stage and under heavy pressure with more than 90% bed occupancy rates, Ryan said. Both countries lag behind the United States, the worst hit country, which has had more than 2 million cases and nearly 114,000 deaths.
Still, he acknowledged the pressures on countries to get back to normal especially to reduce the economic damage the crisis has wrought.”There is a careful balance between keeping people at home... and the untoward effect of that on economic and society. That is not an easy balance. There are no correct answers,” Ryan said.
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