Since then, Covid-19 has killed nearly 1.8 million people around the world, out of over 80 million infected. Also Read | How Indians lived online during 2020"This pandemic has been very severe," Ryan acknowledged. "It has spread around the world extremely quickly and it has affected every corner of this planet, but this is not necessarily the big one." - 'More ambition' -WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus meanwhile voiced hope that the Covid-19 pandemic had helped the world become more prepared to tackle future threats. But Tedros also hailed how scientists around the world were working closely together to help bring the pandemic to an end.

Source: Mint December 28, 2020 19:41 UTC