The second year of the coronavirus pandemic could be more difficult than the first one over the transmission dynamics, the Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme said.

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"We are going into the second year, this could be tougher given the transmission dynamics and some issues we see," he said during a Q&A session on late 13 January. The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11. To date, more than 92.1 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 1.97 million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.