As CDC Eases Mask Restrictions, WHO Says 2nd Year of Pandemic Will Be 'Far More Deadly' Than First
https://www.newsweek.com/cdc-eases-mask-restr...I53gHJLnZA
Excerpt:
After cases spread worldwide, the WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020, and in the following year, more than 2.6 million people were reported to have died of the virus. In just the two months since, that number has risen to more than 3.3 million and with vaccines in low supply in lower-income countries, the situation could get worse.
"We're on track for the second year of the pandemic to be far more deadly than the first," Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director-general, said on Friday. "Saving lives and livelihoods with a combination of public health measures and vaccinations, not one or the other, is the only way out of the pandemic."
https://www.newsweek.com/cdc-eases-mask-restr...I53gHJLnZA
Excerpt:
After cases spread worldwide, the WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020, and in the following year, more than 2.6 million people were reported to have died of the virus. In just the two months since, that number has risen to more than 3.3 million and with vaccines in low supply in lower-income countries, the situation could get worse.
"We're on track for the second year of the pandemic to be far more deadly than the first," Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director-general, said on Friday. "Saving lives and livelihoods with a combination of public health measures and vaccinations, not one or the other, is the only way out of the pandemic."
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