Coronavirus: WHO warns of COVID-19 third wave, says Europe failed to learn from Asia
A major problem, Nabarro added, was that too few political decision-makers understood that the virus was spreading exponentially rather arithmetically. "Exponential means, the numbers could rise 8 times in a week, 40 times in two weeks, 300 times in three weeks, over 1,000 times in four weeks, and so on," he said.
In Asia, meanwhile, the numbers are relatively low because "people are fully engaged, they take on behaviors that make it difficult for the virus," said Nabarro.
"They keep their distance, wear masks, isolate when they're sick, wash hands and surfaces. They protect the most endangered groups."
Nabarro also said Asia did not relax restrictions prematurely. "You must wait until case numbers are low and stay low," he said. "Europe's reaction was incomplete."
He also praised the communication between authorities in Asia and Europe. "They just have one message: If we want our economy to be strong and for us to keep our freedoms, we all have to stick to a few basic things."
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