Latin America is the new center of Covid-19 pandemic

Carissa Etienne with Eric Hargan at her re-inauguration for WHO Regional Director for the Americas and Pan American Health Organization Director Credit: Office of U.S. Deputy Health Secretary / Public domain

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced that Latin America has surpassed Europe and the United States in the daily number of confirmed Covid-19 cases.

"Now is not the time for countries to ease restrictions," Carissa Etienne, WHO director for the Americas and head of the Pan American Health Organization, said via videoconference.

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