Coronavirus cases will reach 1million cases globally in the next few days – WHO

The World Health Organisation is predicting that Coronavirus cases may spike to 1 Million cases globally in the next few days.

Speaking on Wednesday during his COVID-19 update, the Director-General of WHO, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said;

“Over the past five weeks, we have witnessed a near exponential growth in the number of new COVID-19 cases, reaching almost every country, territory and area. “The number of deaths has more than doubled in the past week. “In the next few days, we will reach one million confirmed COVID-19 cases and 50,000 deaths,” he said.

“It is critical that we ensure these countries are well equipped to detect, test, isolate and treat COVID-19 cases, and identify contacts.

“I am encouraged to see that this is occurring in many countries, in spite of limited resources. “Many countries are asking people to stay at home and shutting down population movement, which can help to limit transmission of the Coronavirus.

“But it can have unintended consequences for the poorest and most vulnerable people,” he said.