GENEVA - The world is entering a “new and dangerous phase” in the coronavirus pandemic, and political leaders must come together to fight it, the head of the World Health Organization said."The pandemic is accelerating," WHO Director-General Dr.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned June 19. One day prior, more than 150,000 new cases of COVID-19 were reported to the organization — the largest single-day increase in cases the agency had received since the outbreak began.Nearly half of those cases were reported in the Americas, though “large numbers” came from South Asia and the Middle East.“Many people are understandably fed up with being at home.