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WHO: 'Premature,' 'unrealistic' COVID-19 will end soon

by Jamey KeatenMaria Cheng
| March 3, 2021 12:03 AM

GENEVA (AP) — A senior World Health Organization official said Monday it was “premature” and “unrealistic” to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year, but that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help dramatically reduce hospitalizations and death.

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