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WHO hopes COVID-19 ends in 2022 as 5.4 million die in 2 years

The World Health Organization (WHO) is hoping that the COVID-19 pandemic will end in 2022. Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus expressed optimism at a press briefing on Wednesday. Coronavirus emerged in December 2019 and has since claimed many lives across the…

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December 30, 2021

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COVID-19 deadlier in Africans with diabetes – WHO warns

Africa’s sharp surge in cases of diabetes is clashing with the COVID-19 pandemic and poor access to vaccines, the World Health Organisation has said. Africa’s death rates from COVID-19 infections are significantly higher in patients with diabetes, according to a…

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November 11, 2021