Lockdowns alone not enough, warns WHO as Coronavirus toll mounts to 13K

Cases ballooned in Europe, prompting more lockdown measures. New Jersey's governor followed four other US states that have imposed unprecedented restrictions

What WHO said

As the number of global coronavirus cases surpassed 300,000 and the death toll rose to 13,000, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) top emergency expert, Mike Ryan, said on Sunday that countries could not simply lock down their societies to defeat coronavirus without public health measures to avoid a resurgence of the virus down the road. “What we really need to focus on is finding those who are sick, those who have the virus, and isolate them, find their contacts and isolate them,” Ryan, said.  “If we don’t put in place the strong public health measures now,” he said,