WHO hopes COVID-19 pandemic will end within 2 years

While the US and Brazil continue to be the virus hotspots, European countries have also seen a worrying increase in the number of new infections. Speaking on Friday at his regular briefing in Geneva, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it would take about two years to contain the COVID-19 crisis.

On Friday, the WHO also recommended that children aged 12 and above should wear protective face masks.