World Coronavirus Dispatch: The worst may still be coming, say WHO

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The worst could still be coming in the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, six months on from when the outbreak began.
 

WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the virus would infect many more people if governments did not start to implement the right policies. His message remained "Test, Trace, Isolate and Quarantine". Read more here 
 

Let’s look at the global statistics: 



Total Confirmed Cases: 10,302,867

Change Over Yesterday: 155,896


Total Deaths: 505,518


Total Recovered: 5,235,908

Nations hit with most cases: US (2,590,582), Brazil (1,368,195), Russia (640,246), India (566,840) and UK (313,470)

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