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Worldwide COVID death toll reaches one million

A Covid-19 test being conducted.

A Covid-19 test being conducted. Source: Getty

Health non-profit organisations are calling for more funds to tackle pandemic as the death toll reaches one million, just nine months into a crisis that's devastated the global economy, tested world leaders' resolve and forced us to change the way we live, learn and work.


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