If we don’t do everything we can to stop the corona pandemic, it is “very likely” that the virus will kill two million people worldwide. A director of the World Health Organization (WHO) stated this on Friday.
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Covid-19 has already claimed the lives of more than 984,000 people worldwide, according to a census by the American University of Johns Hopkins. But Michael Ryan, WHO’s emergency director, said during a press conference on Friday that this number could increase significantly. If the necessary measures are not taken, he certainly considers a large doubling to be impossible.
“If we do not do everything possible, then the number of 2 million deaths is not only possible, but unfortunately it becomes very likely,” he replies to a question from a journalist, who put forward the figure of two million deaths. had slid.
“We cannot just test and detect, not just administer medical care, not just keep our distance from each other, or not just work on vaccines. We have to do everything at once ”, Ryan concludes.
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