The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries to press on with efforts to contain the novel coronovirus, noting the global situation is worsening

“Over a half-year into the pandemic, this isn’t the ideal opportunity for any nation to take its foot off the pedal,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a web-based preparation.

“This is the time for countries to continue to work hard, on the basis of science, solutions and solidarity”