The deadly coronavirus has infected close to 23 million people worldwide and took lives of nearly 800,000 people.
The World Health Organization on Friday said that it hopes the coronavirus pandemic could be over less than two years, faster than it took for the Spanish flu.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Spanish flu of 1918 took two years to overcome. Compared to it, the globalisation, closeness, and connectedness have allowed the coronavirus to spread around the world at lightning speed. However, now the world has the advantage of far better technology to face the virus.
The COVID-19 has to date killed nearly 800,000 people and infected close to 23 million worldwide. But the Spanish flu killed as many as 50 million victims.
The World Health Organization on Friday said that it hopes the coronavirus pandemic could be over less than two years, faster than it took for the Spanish flu.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Spanish flu of 1918 took two years to overcome. Compared to it, the globalisation, closeness, and connectedness have allowed the coronavirus to spread around the world at lightning speed. However, now the world has the advantage of far better technology to face the virus.
The COVID-19 has to date killed nearly 800,000 people and infected close to 23 million worldwide. But the Spanish flu killed as many as 50 million victims.