{"id":115770,"date":"2021-03-02T15:34:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T07:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=115770"},"modified":"2021-03-02T15:34:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T07:34:03","slug":"covid-19-global-cases-on-the-rise-after-six-weeks-of-decline-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=115770","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Global cases on the rise after six weeks of decline &#8211; WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/world\/Global-coronavirus-cases-on-the-rise-after-six-weeks-of-decline-1193365?gallery=1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/691\/69116050.295.jpg\" alt=\"The number of reported coronavirus infections around the world is on the rise\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><em>The number of reported coronavirus infections around the world is on the rise<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GENEVA, March 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The number of reported coronavirus infections around the world is once again on the rise after six straight weeks of decline, the head of the World Health Organization said.<br><br>&#8220;This is disappointing, but not surprising,&#8221; Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva, noting that the upward trend was taking place everywhere apart from Africa and the Western Pacific region.<br><br>&#8220;Some of it appears to be due to relaxing of public health measures, continued circulation of variants and people letting down their guard,&#8221; he said.<br><br>Tedros again urged the international community not to rely on vaccinations alone, saying basic hygiene rules remain the foundation of pandemic control.<br><br>However, he said it is encouraging that vaccine doses for medical personnel in poorer countries are finally taking place, including in the West African countries of Ghana and Ivory Coast.<br><br>By the end of May, 237 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine are expected to be ready for distribution in 142 poorer countries.<br><br>&#8220;It is regrettable that this comes almost three months after some of the wealthiest countries started their vaccination campaigns,&#8221; Tedros said. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of reported coronavirus infections around the world is on the rise GENEVA, March 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The number of reported coronavirus infections around the world is once again on the rise after six straight weeks of decline, the head of the World Health Organization said. &#8220;This is disappointing, but not surprising,&#8221; Tedros Adhanom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":115772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,208,215,209,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115770"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/115772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}