World Health Organisation Says, COVID-19 Is 10 Times Deadlier Than Swine Flu

WHO mentioned that the management measures must be lifted “slowly” (File)

Geneva:

The novel coronavirus is 10 occasions extra lethal than swine flu, additionally known as H1N1, which triggered a worldwide pandemic in 2009, the World Health Organization mentioned on Monday, calling for management measures to be lifted “slowly”.

“We know that COVID-19 spreads fast, and we know that it is deadly, 10 times more deadly than the 2009 flu pandemic,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus informed a digital briefing from Geneva.