Trump advisers doubt swift reopening as WHO official says virus will 'stalk human race' This article is more than 9 months old -- eagerness to reopen the country quickly, as a senior World Health Organization (WHO) figure warned that Covid-19 “is going to be a virus that stalks the human race for quite a long time to come”. America's billionaires are giving to charity – but much of it is self-serving rubbish | Robert Reich -- there will be people who will be getting infected. That is just reality. The critical issue is to be able to, in real time, identify, isolate and contact trace. “Obviously, New York, [which] is going through a terrible ordeal, is -- WHO special envoy Dr David Nabarro made a grim prediction. “We think it is going to be a virus that stalks the human race for quite a long time to come until we can all have a vaccine that will protect us and that there will be small outbreaks that will emerge -- reporting which said researchers think most Covid-19 cases in New York came from Europe – not that the virus had originated there. 'A perfect storm': poverty and race add to Covid-19 toll in US deep south Read more