Coronavirus: almost 1.8 million dead, but future pandemics could be worse

The novel coronavirus has had a devastating impact around the globe, but the World Health Organization warned that worse pandemics could lie ahead, urging the world to get “serious” about preparedness.“This is a wake-up call,” WHO emergencies chief Michael Ryan told reporters at a briefing on Monday marking a year since the UN agency first learned of the new virus spreading in China.Since then, Covid-19 has killed nearly 1.8 million people around the world, out of over 80 million infected.“This…

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