Coronavirus: the pandemic is now one year old, so when will it be over?


The World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic on March 11 one year ago. The question now is when will it be over?

Experts say an end to the pandemic will be less defined than its start, as different countries subdue the disease at different times. But they agree that while vaccines were developed in record time, the virus is here to stay.

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