The coronavirus pandemic could be over within the next two years, says hopeful WHO chief

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• The COVID-19 pandemic could be over within the next two years, according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO).
• Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a press conference on Friday that current advances in technology could help the world gain fight the virus "in a shorter time."
• Ghebreyesus compared the current pandemic to the 1918 Spanish flu, which took two years to overcome.
• His comments come as several countries see a renewed spike in infections following the summer period.
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The coronavirus pandemic could be over within the next two years, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. 

Speaking at a press conference in Geneva on Friday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus compared the COVID-19 pandemic to the 1918 Spanish flu, which took two years to overcome.

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