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“It is our fervent hope that that is the case,” Dr. Michael Ryan told reporters.
“But we have to now push the virus down, and that will not happen by itself.”
Ryan, speaking at a regular WHO news conference, said “we should start to see stabilization” in the wake of lockdowns and “stringent measures” in Italy and elsewhere over the last two weeks.
He said case-counting in an epidemic reflects the reality of transmission for at least the previous two weeks.
Ryan noted that some countries where contact-tracing, physical distancing and “stay-at-home orders” are in place, the number of suspect contacts has also fallen, “which means that less people have been exposed to that case than would have been two weeks ago.”
For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks.
For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and could lead to death.
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