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The highest increase in the number of coronaviruses so far is confirmed by the WHO
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday repeated that the world could take a long time to recover from the corona virus pandemic.
He warned against the high daily increase in the number of coronaviruses. According to the WHO, 106,000 new infections have been found in the last 24 hours alone.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adanom Gaberius made the warning at a conference on the growing transition to low- and middle-income nations. In the last 24 hours alone, 106,000 new infections have been reported to the WHO.
This is the highest number of confirmed cases in a single day, according to a daily record from the onset of the pandemic, Director-General Tedros told the conference.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the number of infected people worldwide, which has reached more than 5 million. Two weeks ago, the number of infected people around the world was around 4 million, but in the last two weeks, the number has exceeded 5 million.
Whereas, experts say that may not be the case. They understand that the number of infected people may be higher as the testing rate is very low in many countries of the world. According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 326,000 people worldwide have died from the infection.
The United States is the number one country most affected by Corona. The infection has been confirmed in 1.5 million people and more than 92,000 people have lost their lives.
At the conference, Dr. Mike Ryan, WHO's emergency director, spoke out against the use of the malaria drugs chloroquine and hydroxyl-chloroquine in connection with the coronavirus.
Despite warnings from public health officials that the drug is unhealthy, US President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jite Bolsenaru have been pushing for the virus to be erased.
The US president told earlier this week that he had been taking the drugs for more than a week to avoid corona. So far, the use of hydroxyl-chloroquine and chloroquine has not been confirmed to make corona virus treatment efficient.
Nor does prophylaxis have the immune system to fight the virus, Ryan said. In fact, the opposite may be true. Many officials have reported side effects from the use of these drugs.
Despite warnings of side effects, Brazil's health ministry on Wednesday issued new guidelines approving the use of the two drugs to fight the corona virus. Coronavirus infections have been on the rise in Brazil lately.
So far, more than 270,000 corona infections have been confirmed and more than 18,000 have died. On Wednesday alone, 20,000 new infections were found in Brazil. He said the pandemic would continue for a long time.
