Pandemic is still taking too many lives Published: 11:07 PM, May 24, 2021 99 SHARE MUSCAT: Despite the progress that has been made in understanding the pandemic’s nature and root causes, identifying some measures for its prevention, managing its spread and part of its effects, and developing a bank of knowledge lessons about it, it was not enough as the pandemic is still taking too many lives. This was stated by Dr Ahmed Mohammed al Saeedi, Minister of Health, while attending the 74th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA73), which began on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Al Saeedi emphasised the need to end the pandemic.