Numbers seem to be exact, but they can also be unintentionally misleading when it comes to the coronavirus epidemic.
The Covid-19 pandemic has passed two million confirmed infections and 130,000 deaths worldwide, affecting over 200 countries.
However, approximately 50 percent of the global burden of the coronavirus is in Europe, where almost a million cases have been registered an...
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Elena joined EUobserver in 2019. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.