WHO warns there may never be a Covid-19 'silver bullet'


  • China
  • Tuesday, 04 Aug 2020

Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.- Reuter

GENEVA (AFP): The World Health Organization said Monday (Aug 3) it had completed the groundwork in China to probe the origins of the new coronavirus -- as it warned there might never be a 'silver bullet' for Covid-19.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged governments and citizens to focus on known basic steps to suppress the pandemic, such as testing, contact tracing, maintaining physical distance and wearing a mask.

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