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Pandemic hits anticipated halfway point

One year on, the pandemic has prompted one of the most remarkable scientific efforts — and brought into sharper focus many of the world's inequities.

In China's Sichuan province, staff on each street register temperature checks
In China's Sichuan province, staff on each street register temperature checks (AN/Cheng Feng)

GENEVA (AN) — One year on, the pandemic has prompted one of the most remarkable scientific efforts in history — and brought into sharper focus many of the world's inequities.

Since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020, the scientific community has rallied with the backing of governments, the United Nations and other international organizations and companies to seek a way out of a global health crisis that has killed 2.6 million people and infected 118 million, including 530 million in the United States alone.

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