It could be four to five years before the Covid-19 pandemic is under control, a senior global health official has said.
But with hopes of an end to the pandemic dependent on containing the virus and development of an effective vaccine, other experts have dampened expectations of putting a date on curbing the virus.
There are globally more than 4.3 million confirmed coronavirus cases, with the death toll now approaching 300,000.
Soumya Swaminathan, the World Health Organisation's (WHO) chief scientist, told the FT's Global Boardroom digital conference: 'I would say in a four to five-year timeframe, we could be looking at controlling this.'
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ReplyDeleteIn 2003, the TV show, The Dead Zone had an episode named "Plague". They locked down the school when a coronavirus with no cure struck. It was cured with "chloriquine"!
ReplyDeleteAmerican author Dean Koontz predicted the coronavirus outbreak in 1981. His novel The Eyes of Darkness made reference to a killer virus called “Wuhan-400” – eerily predicting the Chinese city where Covid-19 would emerge.
1 year max.
ReplyDeleteWhat do Fauci, the WHO and China have in common? Mmmmm.
ReplyDeleteFauci shoot he said half the United States would be dead by now. You have to be with no education to believe half this wacko says
ReplyDeleteAnd I may be beautiful in four to five years.
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