Covid forever


New normal: Students queue to get into a school in Lahore after the government reopened educational institutions that were closed as a preventive measure to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Pakistan. — AFP

ON Sept 7, 2021, Mike Ryan, the executive director of the World Health Organisation (WHO), had some startling news to share. Covid-19, he believed, is “here to stay with us”. Addressing those who think otherwise, Ryan said: “People have said we’re going to eliminate or eradicate the virus. No we’re not, very, very unlikely.”

Ryan is not alone.

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