By Ben Kerrigan-
World Health Organisation warned on Monday that the worst is yet to come”Without national unity and global solidarity, trust us, the worst is yet ahead of us,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “Let’s prevent this tragedy. It’s a virus that many people still don’t understand.”
The warning comes as Germany and Norway began to ease restrictions put in place to fight the outbreak. It’s the political problem that may fuel further this pandemic,” Tedros said. Pushing politics amid the pandemic “is like playing with fire,” he added.
WHO has been on the receiving end of Trump’s criticism who has accused the organisation of being “China-centric” and of allowing Beijing to spread misinformation during the early days of the outbreak. Trump said his administration will conduct a review to assess the organisation’s “role in mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus.”
Tedros has denied the allegations that the WHO hasn’t hidden anything from the U.S. “from Day One.” Keeping secrets is dangerous and a threat to public health, he added.
“For WHO, it’s open,” Tedros said. “We don’t hide anything. We want all countries to get the same message immediately because that helps countries to prepare well and to prepare quickly.”