Adopting COVID-19 appropriate behaviour best way to stop transmission of coronavirus, its variants: WHO
The Hindu
Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region, also spoke about the importance of communities practising cough etiquette, hand hygiene and social-distancing in the fight against the disease.
Adoption of appropriate behaviour is the best way to stop transmission of the virus and its variants, Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region, said in New Delhi as she underlined that efforts to test, trace, isolate, and treat need to be scaled up. In an interview to PTI on the recent surge in coronavirus cases, Ms. Singh also spoke about the importance of communities practising cough etiquette, hand hygiene and social-distancing in the fight against the disease. India has been registering a record number of cases of coronavirus since April beginning. With a record 1,45,384 fresh cases, India’s tally climbed to 1,32,05,926 on Saturday.
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