WHO 미주본부 "미주 코로나19 확산 잦아들 기미 안보여"... 美 CDC "실제 감염자, 알려진 환자의 최대 13배"
The head of the Pan American Health Organization says the COVID-19 pandemic in the Americas is showing "no signs of slowing down."
Director Carissa Etienne told a virtual briefing Tuesday that some Central American nations were seeing their highest weekly increase in cases since the first outbreak.
Some 900-thousand new cases were reported in the region over the past week,... mostly in Brazil, Mexico and the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump said at a COVID-19 briefing Tuesday that vaccines are coming a lot sooner than expected,...but did say the situation will probably get worse before it gets better.
In the meantime, a study by the U.S. CDC showed data from antibody tests in 10 different cities and states indicate the number of coronavirus infections was two to 13 times higher than the reported rates.
