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发帖数: 1 | 1 GENEVA, April 16 (Reuters) - The number of new COVID-19 cases per week has
nearly doubled globally over the past two months, approaching the highest
rate seen so far during the pandemic, the head of the World Health
Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
"Cases and deaths are continuing to increase at worrying rates," Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a briefing focused on Papua New Guinea (PNG) and
the western Pacific region.
He said he was very worried about the potential for a much larger epidemic
in PNG, and it was vital the country received more COVID-19 vaccines as soon
as possible.
PNG has now reported more than 9,300 COVID-19 cases and 82 deaths. "While
these numbers are still smaller than other countries, the increase is sharp
and WHO is very concerned about the potential for a much larger epidemic,"
Tedros said.
PNG health minister Jelta Wong said there was on ongoing challenge in the
country to get people wearing masks and disbelief about the disease itself,
which would complicate efforts to role out vaccines.
WHO officials said three emergency medical teams had arrived in PNG this
week from Australia, the United States and Germany.
"The situation is extremely challenging right now," Takeshi Kasai, WHO
regional director for the western Pacific, said of PNG. (Reporting by
Stephanie Ulmer-Nebehay and Emma Farge. Editing by Mark Potter) | b*****2
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发帖数: 1238 | 3 现在全世界接近1.4亿新冠病例 美国3千万的锅不好说 其他的1.1亿赖不着trump吧 | A*******d
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