The number of people who have died globally as a result of COVID-19
has reached the one million mark, a grim milestone that comes just nine
months after the disease first emerged in Wuhan, China.
Worldometer,
which collects data from a number of official sources including
governments, reported that the number of reported deaths worldwide
surpassed 1 million on Monday morning.
Preventing
another million from dying from the virus will only be possible if
countries use all the tools available, experts from the World Health
Organization (WHO) said on Friday. This includes issuing physical
distancing measures, mass testing and contact tracing.
If they
fail to prevent coronavirus transmission, however, it's not only
"imaginable" that there could be another one million dead but it's
"likely," said Dr Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO's health
emergencies programme.
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Fears grow for the 'next million' as global COVID death toll reaches deadly milestone | Euronews
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