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One year since COVID-19 first detected in China, global death toll has topped two-million
BY , Jan 15, 2021 9:36 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
Specimens to be tested for COVID-19 are seen at LifeLabs after being logged upon receipt at the company's lab, in Surrey, B.C., on March 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A year after COVID-19 was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the global death toll has topped two-million.
Johns Hopkins University says the count ticked over today.
The US has the highest death toll at 390 thousand.
Many health experts are predicting another year of loss and hardship in places like Iran, India, Mexico and Brazil.
These four countries accounting for about a quarter of the world's deaths.
Also Friday, the WHO's Emergencies Committee issued new recommendations that countries should not require proof of vaccination by incoming travellers amid the pandemic, saying decisions on international travel should be co-ordinated, limited in time, and based on both the risks and the science.
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