Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. WHO Pays Tribute to Spain for COVID-19 Success VOA News Saying Spain showed "strong resolve" that "changed the course" of the country's coronavirus outbreak, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said while paying tribute to the onetime COVID-19 hot spot for reversing "the trajectory of the outbreak." WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Thursday that "Spain has shown that with political leadership and action, backed by community support, that the coronavirus can be controlled, no matter at what stage virus transmission is at in a country. '¦ From being greatly challenged, Spain has reversed the trajectory of the outbreak." In late March and early April, Spain was reporting as many as 10,000 new cases a day. Tedros gave credit to both the Spanish government and people for adhering to tough restrictions including what the WHO says has been robust surveillance, testing, contact tracing, treatment and isolation. While hailing the success, Tedros also remembered the Spaniards and others worldwide felled by COVID-19 and warned that it remains a threat even where the emergency appeared to have abated. The coronavirus shows no sign of easing in Brazil, where the health ministry is reporting more than 2 million cases and more than 1,000 deaths a day. Brazilian health experts blame the federal government for the high toll. "The virus would have been difficult to stop anyway. But this milestone of 2 million cases, which is very underestimated, shows this could have been different," said Dr. Adriano Massuda, a health care professor at Sao Paulo's Getulio Vargas Foundation university. "There's no national strategy for testing, no measures from the top ... too little effort to improve basic care so we find serious cases before they become too serious, no tracking." .