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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

COVID-19 health emergency could be over this year, WHO says

' KEYSTONE / SALVATORE DI NOLFI

The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization said Tuesday that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic — deaths, hospitalizations and lockdowns — could be over this year if huge inequities in vaccinations and medicines are addressed quickly.

Dr. Michael Ryan, speaking during a panel discussion on vaccine equity hosted by the World Economic Forum said “we may never end the virus” because such pandemic viruses “end up becoming part of the ecosystem.”

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