The COVID-19 pandemic isn't close by anyone's standards to being finished, World Health Organization boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a preparation on Monday.

Tedros noticed that a half year after China initially made the WHO aware of novel respiratory contamination, the dismal achievements of 10 million affirmed diseases and 500,000 passings had been reached.

"A great many people stay defenseless, the infection despite everything has a ton of space to move," he said.

"We as a whole need this to be finished. We as a whole need to move on. In any case, the hard the truth is this isn't close by anyone's standards to being finished. Albeit numerous nations have gained some ground universally, the pandemic is really accelerating."

The top of the WHO's crises program, Mike Ryan, told the preparation that colossal advancement had been made towards finding a protected and viable immunization to forestall contamination, yet there was still no assurance the exertion would succeed.

Meanwhile, nations could battle the spread of the ailment by testing, segregating affirmed cases, and following their contacts, he said. He singled out Japan, South Korea, and Germany for their "far-reaching, continued system" against the infection.

The WHO intends to gather a gathering this week to evaluate progress in research towards battling the ailment, Tedros said.