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On the anniversary of Covid-19 becoming an official public health emergency, experts say its time for a change


On the anniversary of Covid-19 becoming an official public health emergency, experts say it s time for a change
CNN
1/30/2021
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It was one year ago today the World Health Organization declared that the novel coronavirus was a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
At the time there were fewer than 100 cases of the disease we now call Covid-19 and no deaths outside China, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday. This week we reached one hundred million reported cases. More cases have been reported in the past two weeks than during the first six months of the pandemic. A year ago, I said the world had a window of opportunity to prevent widespread transmission of this new virus. Some countries heeded that call, some did not. ....

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On the anniversary of Covid-19 becoming an official public health emergency, experts say it's time for a change


On the anniversary of Covid-19 becoming an official public health emergency, experts say it s time for a change
CNN
1/30/2021
© Getty Images
It was one year ago today the World Health Organization declared that the novel coronavirus was a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
At the time there were fewer than 100 cases of the disease we now call Covid-19 and no deaths outside China, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday. This week we reached one hundred million reported cases. More cases have been reported in the past two weeks than during the first six months of the pandemic. A year ago, I said the world had a window of opportunity to prevent widespread transmission of this new virus. Some countries heeded that call, some did not. ....

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