NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY
"Until a vaccine or treatments are at hand for everyone, limiting the virus requires a partnership of people and policymakers," Dr. Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, told a virtual press conference from Copenhagen.
It has been 16 weeks since they were notified of the first cases of the novel coronavirus in the European Region, Kluge said.
"Today, in the 39 countries that are easing restrictions in the European Region, our behavior remains as important now as ever before," Kluge said. "There's no room for complacency -- remain vigilant."
"Emergency fatigue threatens the precious gains we have made against this virus. Reports of distrust in authorities and conspiracy thinking are fueling movements against social and physical distancing," he warned.
The WHO official said that the risk across all countries in the European Region remains very high and the east of the European Region is seeing continued rising case counts.
Russia, Britain and Spain remained among the top 10 countries around the world reporting the most cases in the past 24 hours, according to Kluge.
Kluge's cautious assessment came one day after a stern warning from another WHO official that the novel coronavirus may never go away.
"This virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities and this virus may never go away," Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, said on Wednesday at a press conference in Geneva. "It is important that we be realistic and I don't think anyone can predict when or if this disease will disappear."
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