Nearly one million people have died from COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins University, after the deadly virus emerged less than a year ago in China and swept around the globe.
The pandemic has ravaged the world's economy, inflamed geopolitical tensions and upended lives, from Indian slums and Brazil's jungles to America's biggest city New York.
The United States has the highest death toll with more than 200,000 fatalities followed by Brazil, India, Mexico and Britain.India reported its six millionth coronavirus case on Monday as it surged closer to the United States as the most-infected nation, and authorities pressed ahead with reigniting the economy.
A paramilitary soldier wearing a mask stands guard as the Taj Mahal monument is reopened after being closed for more than six months in Agra, India.Anand Krishnan, a community medicine professor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, said authorities should focus on treating people who contract the virus.
In Australia, meanwhile, hope has arrived with spring, with five million Melbourne residents emerging from an almost two-month overnight curfew on Monday as the state recorded just five new coronavirus cases.Masks and social distancing in shops, cafes and public transport are now part of everyday life in many cities.
Wuhan was shut down in January as other countries looked on in disbelief at China's draconian controls, even as they went about their business as usual. "We saw people in our surgery who had really big breathing problems, young and not-so-young who were exhausted," he said."We didn't have any therapeutic solutions."Nor did the virus spare the rich or famous this year.
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