USA: Covid disrupted fight against malaria, but no ‘doomsday”: WHO
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 06 (APP): Disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic resulted in considerable increases in malaria cases and deaths between 2019 and 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, said Monday.
However, “the doomsday scenario” projected by the WHO has not materialized,” Dr Pedro Alonso, Director, WHO Global Malaria Programme said at the launch of the UN agency’s annual World Malaria Report in Geneva.