World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 3, 2020. (REUTERS/File Photo)
AFP: Coronavirus pandemic to be ‘far more deadly’ this year, WHO warns
* India starts deploying Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine amid upsurge in coronavirus cases
* Confusion reigns in US as the vaccinated are allowed to take off their face masks
GENEVA, Switzerland: The World Health Organization issued a grim warning on Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be “far more deadly,” as Japan extended a state of emergency amid growing calls for the
“We’re on track for the second year of this pandemic to be far more deadly than the first,” said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The mood also darkened in Japan where the coronavirus state of emergency took in another three regions just 10 weeks before the Olympics, while campaigners submitted a petition with more than 350,000 signatures calling for the Games to be canceled.
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Update #1: Second year of Covid-19 pandemic set to ‘be far more deadly’ – WHO chief (RT)
Update #2: ‘Far more deadly’ – second year of pandemic likely to be much worse than the first, WHO Chief says (Independent.ie)
WNU Editor: WHO is also making the following recommendation .... Covid: Delay child vaccinations and share jabs with Covax, says WHO (BBC).
