The Economist The covid-19 pandemic is worse than official figures show

From: The Economist today - Thursday Sep 24, 2020 09:05 pm

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September 24th 2020

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The covid-19 pandemic is worse than official figures show

But some things are improving, and it will not go on for ever

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