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Geneva: The chief of the World Health
Organization (WHO) said that the COVID-19 pandemic is "a once-in-a-century
health crisis," but it is still "in our hands." WHO Director-General Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a virtual press conference on Monday that the world
has never seen anything like this pandemic for decades, and its effects might
last for decades more, Xinhua news agency reported.
"Since we started probably recording, this is the first ever coronavirus-caused pandemic which has two dangerous combinations: it moves fast, and at the same time it's a killer," the WHO chief explained.
However, he noted, although the crisis is very severe, there are still solutions and hopes. "I'm not saying there is no solution now. Whatever happens in the next few months or years, I also believe that it's in our hands," he said. (IANS)