The global COVID-19 total today crossed the 17 million case threshold, a day that also marked 6 months since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations.It only took 4 days for the pandemic total to rise from 16 million to 17 million, and on the day the WHO declared the PHEIC on Jan 30, there were nearly 8,000 cases in the world, most of them in China.
Today, the global total climbed to 17,126,081 cases, and 669,055 people have died from their infections, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.WHO releases new resource for protecting nursing homesAt a WHO briefing today, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,