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WHO warns: a return to old habits will result in the second peak incidence of COVID-19

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World Health Organization (WHO) warns – loosening isolation rules may trigger a second peak in coronavirus infection. During a media briefing on Monday, Dr. Mike Ryan, Executive Director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Program warned that we were still in the first wave of COVID-19 infections worldwide. WHO representatives have emphasized several times that the situation when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic can hardly be considered controlled. The upcoming months, in which most European countries plan to loosen the provisions introduced at the beginning of the pandemic, will be very important, according to the WHO, in terms of further control of the spread of coronavirus. – All countries must remain on alert. All countries still need to be ready to detect cases quickly, even those with the largest decrease in infections, says Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO epidemiologist for infectious diseases. If we ignore the WHO guidelines, according to its experts, we can be exposed to the so-cal...