Geneva:The World Health Organisation warned Monday there is a risk of coronavirus spreading further as countries start to relax their restrictions.
The warning came from Mike Ryan, head of the Health Emergencies Programme at WHO.
Fears of infection spikes in countries that eased their restrictions have been borne out over the past few days in Germany, in the Chinese city of Wuhan where the virus was detected, and in South Korea where one nightclub customer was linked to 85 new cases.
"Shutting your eyes and and trying to drive through this blind is about as silly an equation as I've seen," Ryan told a news briefing in Geneva.
"And I'm really concerned that certain countries are saving themselves up for some seriously blind driving over the next few months."