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Published 22:36 IST, September 29th 2020

UN's Guterres marks 1 million COVID-19 deaths

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres marked an "agonizing milestone" as the global death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic surpassed one million deaths.

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres marked an "agonizing milestone" as the global death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic surpassed one million deaths.

"It's a mind-numbing figure. Yet we must never lose sight of each and every individual life," he in a video message tweeted early Tuesday.

Guterres urged the world to continue to fight the virus, one which Guterres says "no end in sight."

"As the relentless hunt for a vaccine continues – a vaccine that must be available and affordable to all— let's do our part to save lives. Keeping physical distance. Wearing a mask. Washing hands. As we remember so many lives lost, let us never forget that our future rests on solidarity and as people united and as united nations," he said.

Updated 22:36 IST, September 29th 2020