世卫组织：中南美洲已成新冠密集传播区_时事

世卫组织：中南美洲已成新冠密集传播区

世界卫生组织有关负责人近日在资讯发布会上表示，中南美洲已成新冠密集传播区。他呼吁国际社会团结一致，帮助该地区抗击疫情。

世卫组织：中南美洲已成新冠密集传播区1 People stand in front of a shop amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 2, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that Central and South America have now become intense zones of COVID-19 transmission, and solidarity and support are needed to help them overcome the virus.

世界卫生组织本周一 "I would certainly characterize that Central and South America, in particular, have very much become the intense zones of transmission for this virus as we speak, and I don't believe that we have reached the peak in that transmission. And at this point, I cannot predict when we will," Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of WHO Health Emergencies Programme said in a press conference on Monday in Geneva.

世卫组织卫生紧急项目执行主任迈克尔·瑞安博士本周一在日内瓦召开的资讯发布会上说：“我当然会特别强调中美洲和南美洲，此时已经成为新冠病毒的密集传播区，且疫情高峰仍未到来。目前很难预测该地区疫情何时达到峰值。”

"Five of the ten countries worldwide reporting the highest new number of cases in the past 24 hours are in the Americas: Brazil, USA, Peru, Chile and Mexico, and ... the biggest increases are (in) Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Haiti, Argentina, Bolivia. And while the numbers are not exponential in some countries, we are seeing a progressive increase in cases on a daily basis," he said.