Video: WHO admits Covid-19 leaving impacts for decades
The Covid-19 pandemic is a once-in-a-century health crisis. It will leave significant impacts far into the future, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on July 31.
According to World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on July 31, the Covid-19 is a once-in-a-century health crisis.
It is believed that it will leave significant impacts to the world far into the future.
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