World Health Organization officials said in a recent statement that "coronavirus risk assessment has increased".
"We are at the highest level of vigilance," said Dr. Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergency Program. The group is not trying to alarm or intimidate people, he said. "This is a check on a real situation for every government. Awake. Get ready. The virus can be on the way. You have a duty to the citizens, you have a duty to make the world safer. ?
According to the WHO, the world can still avoid "its worst", but "increased risk assessment means that the WHO's concern is at a high level".
Ryan pointed out that Covid-19 can be easily traced to groups that have contingencies with one another and it is not true that "the virus is spreading freely". That is why the WHO has not declared the pandemic.
In China and Singapore, the spread of Covid-19 is slowing, which facilitates the process of fighting the virus.
