WHO chief hopes pandemic to last less than two years
The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
GENEVA
The World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that he hopes the COVID-19 pandemic will last less than two years.
“Hoping we can have additional tools like a vaccine, I think we can finish it in a shorter time than the 1918 flu,” he told a press conference in Geneva, referring to the Spanish flu pandemic which claimed millions of lives and took two years to stop.
BERLIN
Germany’s COVID-19 cases rose by 2,034 within one day to 232,082, the highest daily spike since April, the Robert Koch Institute said on Saturday.
The death toll has increased by seven to 9,267.
NEW DELHI
India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 2,975,701 and death toll due to the pandemic in the country also surged to 55,794 on Saturday, revealed the latest data released by the federal health ministry.
As many as 69,878 new cases and 945 deaths were reported during the past 24 hours.
SHANGHAI
Shanghai reported 13 new imported COVID-19 cases and no increase in domestically-transmitted cases on Friday, the municipal health commission said Saturday.
Twelve imported cases are Chinese nationals working, studying or living overseas, and one is a British national.
![italy airport](https://contentf5.dailynewshungary.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/italy-airport.jpg)
Read alsoItaly’s COVID-19 infections at highest level since May
Source: Xinhua
please make a donation here
Hot news
What happened today in Hungary – 26 July, 2024
Drama: number of births in a 20-year low in Hungary
Yay or nay? – 6 odd Hungarian delicacies that make our skin crawl
Budapest tourism “exploded” this past weekend
Container transport in Budapest may stop: How will this affect Hungarian economy?
Minister: Hungary will protect its territory by every means possible