New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday called upon countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to accelerate the vaccination for COVID-19 in order to prevent another surge.
"We need to continuously strengthen our efforts to test, trace and isolate. Societal interventions such as physical distancing, hand hygiene and proper wearing of masks need to be stringently implemented. These measures should be in full force and for longer periods in areas reporting more transmissible variants of concerns," said Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia.
