COVID-19 may never go away, says WHO
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Emergencies director at WHO, Dr. Mike Ryan said in a virtual press conference in Geneva that coronavirus pandemic may never go away just like HIV. "It is important to put this on the table: this virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go away," Dr. Ryan said. "HIV has not gone away - but we have come to terms with the virus”

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