Time for Covid reality check after one million deaths this year, says WHO

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GENEVA, Aug 27 — The World Health Organisation’s Covid chief said yesterday it was time for a reality check on the virus after the millionth death from the disease this year.Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead Covid-19, said the toll was “heartbreaking” because the tests, treatments, vaccines and public health measures to control the disease were all available.“Given we’re in the third year of the pandemic, it’s... all the more so tragic given that we have the tools that can actually prevent these deaths,” she told a live interaction on the WHO’s social media channels.“A lot of us have become numb to the numbers.“We need a reality check. We really need to take stock of where we are. We should not be in a position with 14,000 or 15,000 people dying every week. We just shouldn’t.” Van Kerkhove insisted that the pandemic was not over, but it could be brought to an end wh…