Countries with declining Covid-19 cases could face 'second peak', WHO warns

Mike Ryan warned that a second peak or wave could come during the normal influenza season, "which will greatly complicate things for disease control"

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said countries seeing a decline in Covid-19 infections could still face an "immediate second peak" if they let up too soon on measures to halt the outbreak.

During a media briefing on Monday, Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO's Health Emergencies Programme, was quoted as saying by CNN that right now, "we are right in the middle of the first wave, globally."

"We're still very much in a phase where the disease is actually on the way up," he added.

He told reporters during the briefing that epidemics often come in waves, which means