he World Health Organization has warned that a “new way of living” will be needed until a coronavirus vaccine is ready.
Takeshi Kasai, the WHO’s regional director for the Western Pacific, has said that lifting lockdown measures too quickly will leave countries vulnerable to new surges of infections.
The body has urged governments to lift social distancing measures gradually, to keep the deadly bug in check.
Speaking at an online press conference, Dr Kasai added that no country is safe from a potentially overwhelming outbreak if Covid-19 is still circulating.
As a result, ordinary people’s lives and health systems will both need to adapt because of the global pandemic.
“At least until a vaccine, or a very effective treatment, is found, this process will need to become our new normal,” he said.
“Individuals and society need to be ready for a new way of living.”
Governments considering lifting lockdown measures should do so carefully and in stages, and continue to monitor infection levels, he continued.
Most experts estimate it will take 12 to 18 months to develop and mass produce a coronavirus vaccine.
However scientists worldwide are racing to develop a jab which can offer protection against the flu-like virus.
The first human trials of a jab which is being developed at the University of Oxford are set to begin next week, and researchers are hopeful that a million doses could be available by September.
Although it is too early to say if it will be safe or effective, Professor Sarah Gilbert, who is leading the research, has previously said she is “80% confident” it will be successful.
The number of daily coronavirus deaths in the UK dropped to its lowest level in two weeks as 463 new fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours.
It is less than half of Britain’s record single-day high of 953 and it brings Britain’s death toll to 16,535 amid fresh signs the curve could be flattening and the UK could be reaching its peak.
Daily totals have dropped two days in a row but the decreases should be met with caution as many deaths won’t be counted until later due to a lag in reporting weekend deaths.
The lag results in a spike in weekday figures.
England reported an additional 429 deaths on Monday, Scotland recorded 12, Wales had another nine and Northern Ireland has announced 13 new fatalities.
WHO Take your Vaccine and Shove it up your A__ !!!!! Life Will come back to Reality when we as Citizens put Our lives on the line to get Rid of Crap like you !!!!!
not if we ge rid of these chinese labs that make up bio-weapons of mass deaths. Burn their asses . and let the rest know they on noticed too. WHO is the NWO . remember that
The NEW way of living should be . . . No more WHO or the UN. They’re BOTH worthless – and EXTREMELY expensive HABITS. One DISMAYED Patriot. Team Trump and his allies 2020.
And, after WHO demonstrated to the world their boss is China. “who” (pun intended) is gonna listen to them anymore?
What we “need” to do is close our damn borders, stop letting in every disease-infected foreigner without any “screening” whatsoever to just come right in. Otherwise this madness will continue, and these people will bring in diseases we eradicated years ago, But differnet “strains”.
VOTE OUT any and ALL democommunists/rinos that keep obstructing the POTUS that is trying to protect this country, and THEY go behind his back and sneak these individuals in., usually in the middle of the night.
These authoritarian bodies want us to give up our liberties and get used to being told what to do. This will not end well.
EXACTLY..PUT A TOTAL END TO THE WHO THE UN AND SECURE OUR BORDERS WITH FORCE
…a new way of living? A new normal? Isn’t that what Germany was told after being force fed the Treaty of Versailles? Didn’t a brown shirt corperal stand on street corners and in bar rooms complaining about a disseminated economy and encouraged social distancing from those he felt were the reason for it just before the ” Night of broken glass” went down and the camps opened up?
What about social distancing called ” Jim Crow” and “Whites only” above the water fountain? Theres nothing new about this neofacist shape shifting and there is no normal.
Looks like WHO wants our money so they can help China develop something to destroy our economy and our Christian way of life.
Close the borders.
God Bless our country
Trump 2020
I will refer you to my statement to people about Flu shots. Have not had one since 1960 when still in the US army and had no choice. I will not take a Coronavirus vaccination. I am 85 and will live in spite of the government. I had Hydroxy when in the US Army and in an area that had lots of mosquitos.