WHO warns against COVID-19 lockdowns

Editor's Note

David Nabarro, MD, the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) special envoy on COVID-19 in a video interview on October 10 urged world leaders to stop using lockdowns as their primary COVID-19 control method.

He added that WHO believes the only time a lockdown is justified is to buy time to reorganize resources and to protect healthcare workers.

Dr Nabarro pointed out some of the negative consequences lockdowns have caused, including devastating tourism industries, increasing hunger and poverty levels, and doubling of child malnutrition.