WHO Warns Countries where COVID-19 Declining Could Face a ‘Second Peak’

Even though the disease is on the way down in some regions, it does not mean that the disease could not jump out again, therefore countries with a declining curl could encounter an “immediate second peak” if they lift the health measures on pandemic controls too soon, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

 

The world is right in the middle of the first wave of Covid-19 pandemic as countries like in South America, Africa, South Asia and many more are still in a phase where the disease is curling up, said by Dr. Mike Ryan on WHO briefing.

 

Ryan said epidemics often come in waves, like an example of Spanish flu. He explained that the second wave actually refers to when the first wave stands at a very low level and then curls up again in months later. There was also a chance that infection rates could surge again if measures to halt the virus outbreak lifted too soon.

 

“But we need also to be cognizant of the fact that the disease can jump up at any time. We cannot make assumptions that just because the disease is on the way down now it is going to keep going down and we are getting a number of months to get ready for a second wave. We may get a second peak in this wave.” he added.

 

He as well suggested that those countries in Europe and North America should “continue to put in place the public health and social measures, the surveillance measures, the testing measures and a comprehensive strategy to ensure that we continue on a downwards trajectory and we don’t have an immediate second peak.”