{"id":26461,"date":"2020-06-20T17:05:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T17:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=26461"},"modified":"2020-06-20T17:05:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T17:05:36","slug":"who-speaks-on-new-dangerous-phase-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/who-speaks-on-new-dangerous-phase-of-covid-19","title":{"rendered":"WHO speaks on new, dangerous phase of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization, WHO, has warned of a \u201cnew and dangerous phase\u201d of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>WHO gave the warning as people now neglect lockdowns and social distancing despite cases of the disease rising every hour.<\/p>\n<p>The coronavirus has now killed more than 454,000 people and infected 8.4 million people globally.<\/p>\n<p>Despite COVID-19 surging in both South and North America, Europe and parts of Asia, countries are starting to ease restrictive measures.<\/p>\n<p>WHO declared that the coronavirus still posed a major threat to the world.<\/p>\n<p>WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual press conference on Friday that \u201cThe world is in a new and dangerous phase. Many people are understandably fed up with being at home\u2026 but the virus is still spreading fast.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The World Health Organization, WHO, has warned of a \u201cnew and dangerous phase\u201d of the coronavirus pandemic. WHO gave the warning as people now neglect lockdowns and social distancing despite cases of the disease rising every hour. The coronavirus has now killed more than 454,000 people and infected 8.4 million people globally. 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