Risk of further lockdowns if virus transmission remains unchecked, warns WHO

World Health Organisation director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Salvatore Di Nolfi/AP)

More lives will be lost and there is a risk of further “costly” lockdown measures if coronavirus transmissions are not kept in check, the World Health Organisation has warned.

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that, while deaths remain at a “relatively low level”, the average number of daily cases in Europe is now higher than during the first peak of the pandemic.