One
million COVID-19 deaths 'a very sad milestone', but
virus suppressable: WHO
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[September 29, 2020]
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health
Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that one million deaths from COVID-19
was "a very sad milestone", after many victims suffered "a terribly
difficult and lonely death" and their families were unable to say
goodbye.
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The global coronavirus death toll rose past a million on Tuesday,
according to a Reuters tally, a grim statistic in a pandemic that
has devastated the global economy, overloaded health systems and
changed the way people live.
"So many people have lost so many people and haven't had the chance
to say goodbye. Many people who died died alone... It's a terribly
difficult and lonely death," WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told a
U.N. briefing in Geneva. "The one positive thing about this virus is
it is suppressable, it is not the flu."
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(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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