08/04/2020

WHO Chief: There May Never be 'Silver Bullet' for COVID-19

Testing, isolation and treatment remain the best defenses

The leader of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday there may never be a "silver bullet" for defeating COVID-19.

"A number of vaccines are now in phase three clinical trials and we all hope to have a number of effective vaccines that can help prevent people from infection," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a media briefing. "However, there’s no silver bullet at the moment and there might never be."

He urged countries to continue testing, isolating and treating COVID-19 patients and tracing and quarantining their contacts as a means of stopping the pandemic.

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