Gloomy forecast: The World Health Organization estimated over the weekend that about two million people worldwide may die from coronavirus - until the long-awaited vaccine is found.
Since the virus broke out in China, more than 32 million people have been infected worldwide. The number of victims of the coronavirus worldwide is approaching one million.
Dr. Mike Ryan, director of the World Health Organization's health emergencies program, said yesterday: "It's not impossible that the number will double before there is a suitable vaccine. The real question is - are we prepared, as a collective, to do everything we can to avoid that number?""
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He added: "Mortality rates have decreased over the past few months thanks to changes in the treatment method.".
In the United States, which leads the global incidence graph, the number of confirmed infections exceeded 7 million in the past 24 hours.
More than 208,000 Americans have already died from complications of the virus, with the highest incidence rates in the states of California, Texas, and Florida.
The surge in morbidity also continues in Britain. According to official data, the infection rate in the Kingdom, the "R" increased in the past week from 1.1-1.4 in various regions to 1.2-1.5, and morbidity increased by approximately 60%.
Many other countries on the continent, including France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Romania, and many others, have also recorded a sharp increase in morbidity in recent days and weeks.
In France, for example, the number of people infected since the outbreak of the pandemic exceeded 500,000 yesterday, with the number of confirmed cases in recent days standing at 16,000 each day.
In Britain, the incidence continues to rise, but no decision has yet been made on lockdown measures.
