The World Health Organisation has warned that a second wave of coronavirus could hit this autumn, with nations urged to develop a successful test, track and isolate programme. Dr Hans Kluge, WHO's European regional director, stressed yesterday that contact tracing and quarantining people potentially infected with Covid-19 was 'an essential element' of the strategy. His comments came a day after UK MPs were told the Government's contact tracing smartphone app - previously heralded as a fundamental pillar of the country's response to the pandemic - could be scrapped. 'At the same time (governments need) to track and quarantine contacts - contact tracing is an essential element of this strategy. As the popular saying goes, we count our chicks in the autumn, but this depends on how we act now.'

Source: Daily Mail June 18, 2020 13:21 UTC