With a surge in deaths due to coronavirus, World Health Organisation Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday said “we cannot pretend it’s not there.”

“Learning to live with COVID-19 doesn’t mean we pretend it’s not there. It means we use all the tools we have to protect ourselves, and protect others,” Ghebreyesus tweeted. There has been a 35 per cent rise in COVID-19-related deaths in four weeks.