WHO Frustration Two Years on Since Pandemic Declaration

File Photo: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the organization had so far verified 18 attacks on health facilities, health workers and ambulances, resulting in 10 deaths and 16 injuries Fabrice COFFRINI AFP/File

Friday marks two years to the day since the World Health Organization first described Covid-19 as a pandemic, shaking countries into action as the disease ripped around the planet.

The once-in-a-century pandemic has turned the world upside down, claiming more than six million lives and infecting at least 450 million people, AFP said.