WHO's Dr Mike Ryan warns against 'premature rush' back to normality

For many people around the world, the pandemic was only beginning, not concluding, he said

Executive Director of the WHO emergencies programme, Dr Mike Ryan said "in the European region, we have half a million case a week. It’s not like this thing has gone away."
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Dr Mike Ryan of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against countries making a "premature rush" back to normality, amid the spread of the highly transmissible Covid-19 Delta variant. 

As several countries, including England and the US, announced the easing of several longstanding restrictions, Dr Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO's emergencies programme, warned that a new wave of Covid-19 would likely be seen over the coming weeks and months.