World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that this is no time complacency, warning that the coronavirus pandemic is entering a “new and dangerous phase.” "The world is in a new and dangerous phase," he said. "Many people are understandably fed up with being at home.“Countries are understandably eager to open up their societies and economies, but the virus is still spreading fast.
It is still deadly, and most people are still susceptible."WHO figures show that the pandemic reached a new one-day high yesterday with 150,000 new confirmed cases worldwide.Most of them are in the USA and South America.In the US, there have been well over two million confirmed cases, resulting in close to 120,000 deaths.