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Covid-19 pandemic cut global life expectancy by nearly two years: WHO

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GENEVA – Covid-19 cut global life expectancy by almost two years when it raged from 2019 to 2021, wiping out a decade of progress, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on May 24.

“The Covid-19 pandemic reversed the trend of steady gain in life expectancy at birth and healthy life expectancy at birth,” the UN health agency said. Covid-19 pandemic cut global life expectancy by nearly two years: WHO | The Straits Times

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