WHO chief says COVID-19 'enemy against humanity'

The WHO has urged the countries to "isolate, test, treat and trace" as part of the response to tackle the new coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 has infected more than 2,07,000 people and killed over 8,200. Around 82,000 people have recovered so far, mostly in China.

Geneva: The head of the World Health Organization on Thursday said the new coronavirus is an "enemy against humanity", as the number of people infected in the pandemic soared past 2,07,000.

"This coronavirus is presenting us with an unprecedented threat," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists in a virtual news conference, stressing that it was "an unprecedented opportunity to come together as one against a common enemy, an enemy against humanity."

The WHO also said that countries must "isolate, test, treat and trace" as part of the response to tackle the new coronavirus pandemic.

PTI