WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks as Geneva's 129-year-old Jet d'Eau fountain is turned back on, part of the city's easing of COVID-19 restrictions. He cautioned that the pandemic continues to worsen globally.
All 50 states are now partially reopened for business after a devastating March and April. Here's what happened throughout May.As some states see declining COVID-19 cases and gradually reopen, infectious disease experts warn that a second wave of COVID-19 is inevitable, though the extent of the resurgence remains unclear.
"It's really important for the public to understand that the recipe for their personal safety has not changed and is not changing even as society opens up. I worry that we are going to see that the more social interactions occur, the less care people will take, the more illness there will be, and the more people who will get very sick and die."
Regardless of where experts stand, they agree that following public health measures will play a key role in determining the severity of the second wave.
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