Health
Six months since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global public health emergency – WSWS
Nearly 700,000 people have succumbed to the pandemic over the past six months.
By
Benjamin Mateus
1 August 2020
Just six months ago on Thursday, January 30, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus and the disease it caused, COVID-19, a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).
As the Director-General of the WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, noted then, we dont know what sorts of damage…
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