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(6 years ago)Special Envoy to O The BSH for COVID-19 criticised Europe's response to Corona's pandemic, saying countries failed to take advantage of a summer calm to prepare for the next wave. The World Health Organization's special envoy (OBSH) for COVID-19 David Nabarro told Solothurner Zeitung in Switzerland [...]
The World Health Organization's special envoy (OBSH) for COVID-19 David Nabarro told Solothurner Zeitung in Switzerland that Europe is likely to see a third wave of deadly COVID-19 in early 2021 before a vaccine is introduced. “They lost construction of the necessary infrastructure during the summer months after putting the first wave under control,” said Nabarro. “Now we have the second wave. If they don't build the necessary infrastructure, we'll have a third wave early next year. ”
He also said Europe could learn much from Asian countries. The reaction to the virus should be by force and determination,” he said. “Especially at first, when the virus is spreading too slowly into different communities. If you respond with little effort, the problem will soon get worse. ”
For a while, Europe enjoyed a decrease in the number of summer infections, but now infections are growing again. Germany, with a population of 84 million, saw the increase of 14,000 on Sunday. By contrast, Japan's population of 120 million had only 2,596 new cases on Saturday. South Korea's population of 51 million reported only 386 new cases on the same day and had only about 30,700 confirmed total cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
Intensive Over Arithmetic Spread
One major problem, Nabarro added, is that very few political decisionmakers have realized that the virus is spreading more exponentially than arithmeticly. “Expressal means that numbers can increase 8 times a week, 40 times in two weeks, 300 times in three weeks, over 1,000 times in four weeks, and so on,” he said.
In Asia, meanwhile, the numbers are relatively low because “people are fully engaged, they adapt behavior that makes it difficult for the” virus, Nabarro said.
“They keep their distance, wear masks, isolate themselves when they are sick, wash their hands and surfaces. They protect the most endangered groups.” Nabarro also said, that Asia did not remove restrictions prematurely. “You must wait until case numbers are low and stay low,” he said. Europe's “reaction was incomplete. ”
He also praised communication between authorities in Asia and Europe. They just have a message: If we want our economy to be strong and that we keep our freedoms, we all have to stick to some basics. ”
