WHO warns '' We have a long way to go''

The World Health Organization yesterday, warned that the coronavirus crisis will not end any time soon, with many countries only in the early stages of the fight, as the global death toll surpassed 180,000. The Director General of the World Health Organization during a media briefing yesterday said, most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemic and some that were affected by the pandemic are starting to see a resurgence in cases. ''Make no mistake, we have a long way to go, this virus will be with us for a long time,'' he said. The pandemic has sparked not only a health emergency, but a global economic rout, with businesses struggling to survive, millions left jobless, and millions more facing starvation. Earlier this month, the International Monetary Fund predicted Global Growth in 2020 to fall to a negative 3% and warned Asia's economic growth this year will grind to a halt for the first time in 60 years, as the coronavirus crisis takes an "unprecedented" toll on the region's service sector and major export destinations. The Director General of the World Health Organization said, though many across the globe are severely inconvenienced due to lock down and social distancing measures, '' the same measures that we have been advocating since the beginning of the pandemic must remain unchanged''. ''The world will not and cannot go to the way things were. There must be a new normal. A world that is safer, healthier and better prepared'' he said.