Covid could become threat similar to flu ‘this year’: WHO

Covid-19 could settle down this year to a point where it poses a threat similar to flu, WHO said Friday. (AFP/File)
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  • "I think we're coming to that point where we can look at Covid-19 in the same way we look at seasonal influenza," said WHO's emergencies director

GENEVA: The Covid-19 pandemic could settle down this year to a point where it poses a threat similar to flu, the World Health Organization said Friday.
“I think we’re coming to that point where we can look at Covid-19 in the same way we look at seasonal influenza: a threat to health, a virus that will continue to kill, but a virus that is not disrupting our society,” WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan told a press conference, adding: “I believe that that will come... this year.”