It is reported by TASS.

“More than 18 million cases were reported last week,” he said.

The head of WHO added that "the next few weeks will be critical" for the health services of countries around the world.

Earlier, the rector of Moscow State University, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Viktor Sadovnichy said that the university gave a mathematical forecast for the transition of the coronavirus infection COVID-19 to a mild form by 2023.