WHO official: ‘This virus may never go away’

By Zach Halaschak

Published May 13, 2020 10:40pm ET

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WHO official: ‘This virus may never go away’ — The logo of the World Health Organization is seen at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, June 11, 2009. The World Health Organization held an emergency swine flu meeting Thursday and was likely to declare the first flu pandemic in 41 years as infections climbed in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere. | (Anja Niedringhaus/AP)

A top official with the World Health Organization offered a dire warning about the coronavirus.

Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Program, said Wednesday that the world might have to learn to adjust and live with COVID-19 as countries grapple with reopenings and attempts to mitigate deaths that result from the infections.

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