WHO estimates 14.9m excess deaths from COVID-19 pandemic

WHO warns against use of 2 drugs for non-severe COVID-19

WHO has advised patients with mild or moderate cases of COVID-19 against the use of antidepressant drugs, fluvoxamine, and the gout drug colchicine.

New estimates from the World Health Organisation (WHO) show that the death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021, was approximately 14.9 million. Most of the excess deaths, 84 percent, are concentrated in South-East Asia, E

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