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Covid-19 once-in-a-century health crisis, effects will be lasting: WHO

The pandemic has killed more than 670,000 people since emerging in Wuhan, China, with more than 17 million cases diagnosed

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File Photo of WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

2 min read Last Updated : Jul 31 2020 | 9:20 PM IST

The global coronavirus outbreak is the sort of disaster whose effects will last far into the future, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.

"The pandemic is a once-in-a-century health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come," Tedros told a meeting of the WHO's emergency committee, according to remarks released by the agency.

The pandemic has killed more than 670,000 people since emerging in Wuhan, China, with more than 17 million cases diagnosed.

The United States, Brazil, Mexico and Britain have been particularly hard hit in recent weeks by the disease Covid-19, as their

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