COVID-19 has claimed five million lives worldwide
By DW
06 November 2021 |
7:49 am
Few believed it possible in early 2020, but the Coronavirus pandemic has now claimed 5 million lives. Nearly two years after the first outbreak in Wuhan, China, COVID-19 remains a leading cause of death globally.
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