WHO Declares Coronavirus is 10 Times More Deadly Than Swine Flu

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Coronavirus is 10 times more deadly than swine flu, according to WHO. Swine flu was a global pandemic back in 2009. WHO also stressed the need for a vaccine to stop complete transmission.  

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that they were learning something new at all times about the new virus which has brought the world to its knees. Nearly 115,000 people are dead and over 1.8 million infected.



"We know that COVID-19 spreads fast, and we know that it is deadly, 10 times deadlier than the 2009 flu pandemic," he said in a virtual hearing as per a report in AFP.

WHO says 18,500 people died of "swine flu", or H1N1, which was first uncovered in Mexico and the United States in March 2009, but the Lancet medical estimated the toll to be between 151,700 and 575,400.

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Dev

Yeah we all think so. Don't know when we will have the situation normalized.

pgangwani35

It atleast 3 years

Rushcourt71

What we can say is that the lock downs will finish, but the deaths will continue for a lot longer. Vaccines may help, but it is just as likely it will disappear (at least for a while anyway) in time without them.

Some experts have suggested it will make a sudden and unwelcome return several months later as well.