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A team of analysts from Lanzhou University recently predicted that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to end globally in late 2023, with infections worldwide reaching at least 750 million.

The prediction was made using the Global Prediction System of the COVID-19 Pandemic (GPCP) created at the university.

Following are excerpts of an interview with Huang Jianping, head of the prediction team: