WHO no longer wants quarantine due to COVID-19 and even warns against it: what is the reason

The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging country leaders not to rely on COVID-19 quarantine restrictions to combat outbreaks, although it has previously warned countries against lifting restrictions too early. Writes about it Fox News.

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WHO spokesman Dr. David Nabarro said restrictive measures should only be treated as a last resort.

“We at the World Health Organization do not support lockdowns as the primary means of combating the virus,” Nabarro said. “The only time we think a lockdown is justified is to buy time to reorganize, regroup, rebalance your resources, protect your health care workers, but in general we would prefer not to do that.”

Nabarro said tough restrictions are causing significant damage, especially to the global economy.

“There is only one consequence of quarantine that can never be reduced, and that is making the poor much poorer,” he said.

He added that the quarantine has seriously affected countries that rely on tourism.

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"Just look at what's happened to the tourism industry in the Caribbean or the Pacific, for example, because people aren't coming on vacation," Nabarro said. “Look at what has happened to small farmers around the world. Look what's happening to poverty levels. It looks like we could well double global poverty by next year. We may well have at least a doubling of child malnutrition.”

The United Nations (UN) previously warned countries against lifting restrictions too early during the first wave of the virus.

“The last thing any country needs is to open schools and businesses only to have them shut again due to a resurgence of the virus,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

But Tedros urged countries to support other measures, including extensive testing and contact tracing, so they can safely resume operations and avoid future blockades.

“We need to achieve a sustainable situation where we have adequate control over this virus without completely shutting down our lives or going into lockdown, which is having a hugely detrimental impact on society,” he said.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• Thousands of scientists and medical experts have joined the global movement, whose members Seriously concerned about COVID-19 quarantine policy... About 6000 experts from around the world said this approach has devastating effects on the physical and mental health of people, as well as on society as a whole.

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