A health worker at the entrance of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery, where multiple cases of the coronavirus disease Covid-19 have been confirmed, in Kiev, Ukraine
Reported COVID-19 cases around the world surpassed two million on Monday, doubling in 11 days as World Health Organization officials caution patience.
Covid-19 has infected more than 2,019,320 people around the world and killed at least 119,483 people.
Worldwide coronavirus cases reached one million and the global death toll surpassed 50,000 on April 2. The world knew almost nothing about the virus in December, when reports of a new coronavirus started to surface in Wuhan, China. Since then, it has spread to nearly every country in the world, disrupting daily life for millions under lockdown measures meant to curb the virus' rapid spread.
Guests wearing face masks look through a window at H10 Costa Adeje Palace, which is on lockdown after cases of coronavirus were detected
Even as the spread of the virus appears to be slowing in several hard-hit countries, including Italy, Spain and the U.S., the WHO on Monday warned against lifting restrictions meant to curb the spread of the virus too early.
A specialist walks inside a mobile unit set up by the Peruvian Ministry of Health as a preventive measure, at the Hipolito Unanue Hospital, in Lima on February 27, 2020
A health worker at the entrance of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery, where multiple cases of the coronavirus disease Covid-19 have been confirmed, in Kiev, Ukraine
Covid-19 has infected more than 2,019,320 people around the world and killed at least 119,483 people.
Guests wearing face masks look through a window at H10 Costa Adeje Palace, which is on lockdown after cases of coronavirus were detected
A specialist walks inside a mobile unit set up by the Peruvian Ministry of Health as a preventive measure, at the Hipolito Unanue Hospital, in Lima on February 27, 2020
