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Countries were slow to wake up to the risks of COVID-19: WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus – Firstpost
WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan said too many countries thought the problem would simply pass them by and didn’t jolt into action.
Agence France-PresseMar 09, 2021 09:54:34 IST
Nearly a year after first describing Covid-19 as a pandemic, the World Health Organization complained Monday that some failed to listen to its earlier urgent warnings. The WHO sounded its highest available level of alarm on January 30, 2020 by declaring a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). But it was not until it used the word “pandemic” which does not feature in the official international health alert system on 11 March that…
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