Direction: Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Select the option that arranges the sentences in the correct logical sequence to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. Globally, almost 6.5 million people have died so far.

B. As I write the final chapter, we enter the third year in our battle with COVID-19.

C. While we have the vaccine to outlive the disease, to live our grief needs the salve of time.

D. I started writing this book in the throes of the pandemic.