World / India is a devastating reminder of damage COVID-19 can wreak: WHO chief

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday expressed concern over the growing COVID-19 caseload in India. "The situation in India is a devastating reminder of what the virus can do," he said. India on Saturday reported 3,46,786 cases in a day, marking the world's biggest one-day jump so far. India also recorded its most COVID-19 deaths in a day (2,624).

Vikrant Shekhawat : Apr 24, 2021, 04:25 PM
Geneva: People are dying across the world because they are not being vaccinated against COVID-19, they are not being tested and not being treated, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.

He said he was concerned about the growing caseload in India.

"The situation in India is a devastating reminder of what the virus can do," he told a virtual briefing in Geneva.