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WHO Warns World Could Log 100 Million More COVID-19 Cases by 2022 

HeadlineAug 12, 2021

The World Health Organization is warning that unless nations act urgently to slow the spread of coronavirus, the world could log another 100 million infections by the end of 2021. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday noted the number of confirmed cases worldwide recently passed 200 million.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: “And we know that the real number of cases is much higher. As I said recently, whether we reach 300 million and how fast we get there depends on all of us.” 

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