Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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Experts at the World Health Organization said that the coronavirus disease seems to be unaffected with the passing of the seasons on Monday.

"In the absence of control measures, very often, viruses can show seasonal patterns. We've certainly seen that with influenza. This virus has demonstrated no seasonal pattern as such, so far," Mike Ryan, who heads the WHO's emergency program, was quoted in a report.

Ryan said that the virus bounces back if the virus demonstrated that you take the pressure off the virus.

Some people had hoped that heat and humidity could curb the further spread of the coronavirus disease.

U.S. President Donald Trump earlier claimed, during the earlier days of the outbreak, that the coronavirus pandemic would end in warmer weather.

However, studies showed that is not the case.

The COVID-19 cases increase swiftly in cities such as Houston, Austin, Dallas, and Phoenix in the summer months.

Countries that were hit the hardest outside North America were Brazil and India, both hot weather climates.

In Russia, where the climate is much more relaxed, over 890,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus.

Ryan said that the virus is proving to be exceptionally difficult to stop.

Virus Contained

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Monday that there at least some good news.

New Zealand has managed to have no recorded cases of COVID-19 for 100 days. Rwanda gives testing for free, and countries along the Mekong River and island states in the Caribbean and the Pacific have recorded low viral transmissions.

Tedros said there are sparks hope and no matter where a country, a region, a city or a town is, it's never too late to turn the outbreak around

WHO officials said that the pandemic would continue for months. They added that only a small fraction of those who got the virus is responsible for the bulk of the spread.

Maria Van Kerkhove, the American leading the technical team investigating the virus, said that around 10 to 20 percent of cases are responsible for up to 80 percent of the transmission.

Van Kerkhove said that what they know is that if the virus has an opportunity to spread, it will. She added that the majority of the population is still in danger of infection.

Other Respiratory Viruses

Research has found out that some respiratory viruses have seasonal rhythms. In the case of influenza and other types of coronavirus are known to increase in the winter.

Outbreaks of enteroviruses happen in the summer. The adenoviruses and rhinoviruses have no evident seasonal cycle.

In a July 14 study, it said that the coronavirus disease's potentiality is far too new to say anything with certainty.

Benjamin Zaitchik, a Johns Hopkins University researcher working on a NASA Applied Sciences project, said that everybody is trying to help, and many people feel like getting something out faster is how you help right now.

"But the public should understand that even a few months into this, there is still nothing definitive regarding the seasonality of the virus," Zaitchik was quoted.

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