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Covid-19 pandemic could end in less than two years - WHO

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The World Health Organization hopes the coronavirus crisis will be over in less than two years, according to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

The Spanish flu that affected the world back in 1918 took two years to end, he said. "Our situation now with more technology, of course with more connectiveness, the virus has a better chance of spreading, it can move fast," added the WHO chief. "At the same time we have the technology and knowledge to stop it." More than 22.81 million people have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally and 793,382 have died, according to a Reuters tally.

Mr Tedros also branded the corruption around personal protective gear (PPE) for coronavirus as "murder". Meanwhile the number of reported

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