Own Correspondent

More than 10m cases have been recorded worldwide since coronavirus emerged in China exactly six months ago.

The number of patients who died is now above 500,000. Half the world’s cases have been in the US and Europe but Covid-19 is rapidly growing in the Americas.

The virus is also affecting South Asia and Africa, where it is not expected to peak until the end of July.

WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the virus would infect many more people if governments did not start to implement the right policies.

Dr Tedros told a virtual briefing on Monday: “We all want this to be over. We all want to get on with our lives. But the hard reality is this is not even close to being over.”

“Although many countries have made some progress, globally the pandemic is actually speeding up.”

His message remained “Test, Trace, Isolate and Quarantine”, he said.

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