Coronavirus: global death toll passes 200,000 as more countries prepare to reopen
by Emma Graham-Harrison, Daniel Boffeyin Brussels and from on (#52N36)
As WHO warns no evidence exists to suggest people can't catch Covid-19 twice, India, Belgium and Greece among latest countries to ease lockdowns
The global toll from Covid-19 passed 200,000 on Saturday, with over 2.8 million people infected, as the WHO warned against issuing "immunity passports" because there is no evidence people who recovered from the disease are protected against a second infection.
It took more than three months after the coronavirus first emerged for deaths from the disease to pass 100,000, a grim milestone that was reached on 10 April. It took just over two weeks for that toll to double, and worldwide the number of confirmed infections is creeping towards 3 million.
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