World Health Organization (WHO) officials have warned that the first wave of the coronavirus outbreak could include a second peak. It warned countries – even those that had successfully suppressed the virus and are relaxing restrictions put in place to combat the disease it causes – to remain “on high alert”. “We may get a second peak in this wave. This happened during pandemics in the past,” Dr Michael Ryan, WHO’s emergencies chief, told reporters in Geneva on Monday. He urged countries to continue to implement public health measures and to keep in place strategies to “ensure that we continue on a downward trajectory.” Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead on the coronavirus outbreak, said a number of studies indicated that large swathes of the population were still susceptible to infection. “This virus, if it finds an opportunity, will start an outbreak,” she said. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm QUICKTAKE ON SOCIAL: Follow QuickTake on Twitter: twitter.com/quicktake Like QuickTake on Facebook: facebook.com/quicktake Follow QuickTake on Instagram: instagram.com/quicktake Subscribe to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/2FJ0oQZ Email us at quicktakenews@gmail.com QuickTake by Bloomberg is a global news network delivering up-to-the-minute analysis on the biggest news, trends and ideas for a new generation of leaders.

Boris Johnson says he can confirm “for the first time we are past the peak of this disease and on the downward slope”. The PM says the UK will beat the disease by “growing resolve and ingenuity”, including by working on a vaccine. He promises that next week the government will release a “comprehensive plan… on how we can get the economy moving, how we can get children back to school and how we can travel to work and make life in the workplace safer”. He says the plan will be based on “how we can continue to suppress disease and at same time restart the economy”. Johnson says it will be “guided by science” and he will attempt to “build maximum political consensus”. He adds: “We have come through the peak. We have come under what could have been vast huge Alpine tunnel and now we see the sunlight in the pasture ahead of us. “It is vital we do not now lose control and run into second and bigger mountain.” Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog

Director of the Wellcome Trust Sir Jeremy Farrar, who also advises the government, has told Sophy Ridge he believes we are now past the peak of the first #COVID19 wave and that new infections stabilised around a week ago. #COVID19 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog