NEW DELHI : Senior official of World Health Organisation (WHO) Poonam Khetrapal Singh on Saturday alerted that even though the Covid-19 cases in India have started to plateau, the nation is still within the ambit of risk.
The senior official warned that authorities should concentrate on reducing transmission and implementing situation-specific measures.
With 2,35,532 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of cases increased to over 4.08 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region, said that the risk of Covid-19 remains high and no country, irrespective of their current transmission scenario, is "out of the woods" yet.