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The WHO says countries may need to reinstate full lockdowns as coronavirus cases surge again in some areas. WHO officials warned that lockdowns could be the only way to control resurgent outbreaks if countries fail to contain small rising clusters of cases. While some former hotspots are reopening, the WHO director said the data shows the virus is still not under control and is worsening globally with case numbers doubling in six weeks.

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The WHO says 'total lockdown' possible

for countries after concerning surges in


coronavirus cases
ecranley@businessinsider.com (Ellen Cranley)

Business Insider2 days ago

 The World Health Organization has said countries going back under full
lockdowns could be possible as coronavirus cases surge in areas across the
world. 
 Dr. Michael Ryan, WHO's Health Emergencies Program executive director,
said Friday countries going back under full lockdowns could be "the only option"
if they fail to squash "small embers," or early signs of resurging outbreaks. 
 Though regions that were previously hit hard by the pandemic, like Italy
and New York City, have begun promising reopenings, WHO Director-General
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said this week that worldwide data indicate
that "the virus is not under control; it's getting worse."
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Top officials with the World Health Organization said that further lockdowns are
possible across the world as some regions track surges in coronavirus cases
after relaxing quarantine measures.
Dr. Michael Ryan , the organization's Health Emergencies Program executive
director, said at a Friday press conference  that "there may be situations" in the
near future of the novel coronavirus pandemic in which countries going back
under full lockdowns "is the only option."
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told member nations
one day earlier that "the virus can be brought under control," but surges indicate
that "the virus is not under control, it's getting worse."  On Friday, Adhanom
Ghebreyesus said the number of cases recorded in countries across the world
had doubled in the span of six weeks. 
In comments also reported by outlets like CBS News, Ryan said at the briefing
"in our current situation it is very unlikely that we can eradicate or eliminate this
virus," pointing to recent upticks as potential beginnings of future massive
outbreaks.
"There are very particular environments in which that can occur, island states
and other places, but even they risk re-importation," Ryan said.
Ryan continued: "A more worrying pattern is large clusters of cases that could
occur in association with super spreading events, events in which large crowds
gather."
Each country should aim to quash "small embers," or early signs of resurging
outbreaks, before the virus comes back in a metaphorical forest fire, he added. 

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