World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus believes coronavirus pandemic will be tackled in less than two years.

He made the corresponding statement on Friday, August 21, comparing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic with the Spanish flu of 1918-1920.

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According to the international group of volunteers Worldometer, as of August 22, since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 23 million cases of infection have been detected worldwide, more than 800 thousand people have died, almost 15.7 million people have recovered..

In Western Europe, including Spain, France, Germany and Italy, the number of cases has recently increased, which makes an increasing number of experts talk about the onset of a second wave of the pandemic.

Thus, in Madrid in 24 hours, more than 8 thousand. new cases, after which the authorities recommended that people in several areas of the city not leave their homes. In France, for the second day in a row, the number of new cases exceeds 4,000 - the numbers have not been so high since May. Reported by Deutsche Welle.