Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday warned against rushing to end physical distancing “too quickly” amid an escalating coronavirus pandemic that has now claimed the lives of more than 100,000 people and infected more than 1.6 million others.