The number of people infected with the coronavirus COVID-19 in the world could be 10% of the world's population, said Michael Ryan, director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) health emergency program. More than 7.8 billion people live in the world
«Current estimates tell us that about 10% of the world's population may have been infected with this virus. In this regard, there is variation across countries, in cities and countryside, and there is variation across different groups», Ryan told reporters.
The WHO spokesman added that the remaining 90% of the population is at risk of becoming infected. «This means that the vast majority of the world's population is at risk. We know the pandemic will continue to evolve. But we also know that at the moment we have working tools to suppress transmission of infection and save lives», he said.
According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 35 million cases have been identified in the world. The number of deaths exceeded 1 million.Over the past day, more than 173 thousand new cases were recorded, the day before - more than 319 thousand.
The authorities of some countries, against the background of a new increase in the number of infected people, are re-introducing restrictive measures. Israel was the first to return full quarantine. An emergency regime has been introduced in Slovenia and the Czech Republic. Spanish authorities have restricted entry and exit to Madrid. Self-isolation for the elderly and people with chronic diseases was returned in Moscow, and companies were obliged to transfer 30% of their employees to "remote work".
