"The risk of returning to lockdown remains very real if countries do not manage the transition extremely carefully and in a phased approach," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. Countries like Germany, Spain, Italy, and the US have started to lift lockdown restrictions in a phased manner. Our country is now in the next stage of the battle - a very safe phased and gradual reopening, reopening our country," Trump said. However, a WHO official said that the decision to lift the lockdown measures lies with the governments, adding that it would advice countries only if absolutely necessary. The deadly virus has now infected more than 3.75 million people and claimed the lives of 2,64,000 people.

Source: dna May 07, 2020 05:03 UTC