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WHO hopes virus can be over in two years – Education – Australian Associated Press
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 coronavirus crisis can be over in less than two years, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says.
The Spanish flu that hit in 1918 took two years to end, he said.
“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 technology and knowledge to stop it.”
More than 22.81 million people have been reported to be infected by the coro…
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