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WHO hopes coronavirus pandemic could be shorter than Spanish flu of 1918 – The New Daily
The head of the World Health Organisation hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be shorter than the 1918 Spanish flu and last less than two years.
The World Health Organisation hopes the deadly coronavirus pandemic could be over in less than two years as global infections neared 23 million.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Spanish flu of 1918 took two years to end but warned COVID-19 could spread more easily in our modern connected world.
“Our situation now with more technology, of course with more connectiveness, the virus has a better chance of spreading, it can move fast,” he said.
“At the same time we have the technolog…
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