The World Health Organization considers the Americas the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, and now is not the time for countries to ease restrictions, officials have said.
Carissa Etienne, WHO director for the Americas and head of the Pan American Health Organization, said via video conference that outbreaks were accelerating in countries such as Brazil.
The number of deaths reported in Brazil in the last week was the highest in the world for a seven-day period since the Covid-19 outbreak began.
The WHO says it expects cases to accelerate in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. WHO expects hydroxychloroquine safety findings by mid-June The WHO has said that a safety team would review data on hydroxychloroquine by next month, a day