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2021.04.16 16:31 GMT+8

WHO chief: COVID-19 infection rate approaching highest of pandemic so far

Updated 2021.04.16 16:31 GMT+8
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The number of new COVID-19 cases per week has nearly doubled globally over the past two months, approaching the highest rate seen so far during the pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday.

"Cases and deaths are continuing to increase at worrying rates," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a briefing focused on Papua New Guinea and the western Pacific region. 

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