Coronavirus: global death toll could hit 5 million by March, Chinese researchers say


HONG KONG, Jan 16 (SCMP): A team of Chinese experts has warned that the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic could be worse this year than it was in 2020.

By the beginning of March, the death toll from Covid-19 could rise to 5 million – from just under 2 million on Thursday – according to figures calculated by a team from China’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), People’s Liberation Army and public health research institutes.

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