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SOME countries have not taken the COVID-19 epidemic seriously, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Thursday.

SOME countries have not taken the COVID-19 epidemic seriously, the World Health Organisation warned on Thursday.

WHO’s Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus sounded the warning yesterday during the daily media briefing on COVID-19. “Activate your emergency plans through that whole-government approach. Educate your public, so that people know what the symptoms are and know how to protect themselves and others.“Train your health workers to identify cases, provide careful and compassionate treatment, and protect themselves from infection.”

“If we take the approach that there is nothing we can do, that will quickly become a self-fulfilling prophecy. It is in our hands,” he said.

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