Published 06:57 IST, May 15th 2020

Global death toll due to Coronavirus tops 300,000 with 4.43 million cases worldwide

The World Health Organisation (WHO) emphasised on the importance of navigating the “new normal” in the post-COVID era and finding a way to live with the virus.

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As dely COVID-19 pandemic has taken world host, global death toll due to dely virus has crossed 3,00,000 figure on Friday. As cases go on increasing by hour, death toll due to virus currently stands at 302,025 and as many as 4.43 million people have been infected due to virus, according to John Hopkins University. Some close to 1.7 million people have also been cured of illness, as per US-based tracker.

United States, with over 1.4 million infection cases including nearly 86,000 deaths, has been hardest hit by spre of COVID-19 pandemic.

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'This virus may never go away'

On Wednesday, World Health Organisation (WHO) official, Michael J Ryan said Coronavirus may become ar just ar virus in world community like HIV infection, and may never go away.

"This virus just may become ar endemic virus in our communities and this virus may never go away. HIV has t gone away," Dr Ryan, executive director of WHO health emergencies program was quoted as saying by CNN.

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entire world struggles to battle COVID-19 pandemic which has t only caused a health crisis across globe but also hit world ecomy with several countries compelled to impose lockdown in order to arrest spre of virus. However, ecomies are w grually trying to come out of lockdown and find ways to live with virus.

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 World Health Organisation (WHO) emphasised on importance of navigating “new rmal” in post-COVID era and finding a way to live with virus.

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As much as world might come to rmalcy, it will never be same as it was before COVID-19 crisis. While many countries are 'flattening curve', re are fears of a second wave of virus, raising apprehensions on wher coming times will ever be as y were pre-COVID.

06:57 IST, May 15th 2020