Covid-19 pandemic accelerating as global cases top 300,000

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus/Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa

GENEVA: More than 300,000 cases of Covid-19 have now been reported from almost every country in the world, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, noting “the pandemic is accelerating”.

It took 67 days from the first reported case of Covid-19 to reach the first 100,000 cases, while the second and the third 100,000 cases were reported just within 11 days and 4 days respectively, he said.

Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying this at a daily briefing. – Bernama  

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