More than 5 million people across the world have now died of coronavirus
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe global death toll from Covid-19 has topped five million, according to Johns Hopkins University. The grim figure comes less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate healthcare systems.
Together, the US, the European Union, the UK and Brazil – all upper-middle or high-income countries – account for one-eighth of the world’s population, but nearly half of all reported deaths, reports Wales Live.
The US alone has recorded more than 740,000 lives lost, the highest of any other nation. Dr Albert Ko, an infectious disease specialist at the Yale School of Public Health, said: “This is a defining moment in our lifetime. “What do we have to do to protect ourselves so
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