February 24, 2020 09:31 pm | Updated November 28, 2021 11:24 am IST - Geneva
World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. File
The World Health Organization chief said on Monday the world should be working harder to contain the spread of the deadly new COVID-19 , and should be preparing for a “potential pandemic“.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that so far, the WHO does not consider the outbreak that has killed more than 2,600 people a pandemic, but said countries should be “doing everything we can to prepare for a potential pandemic.”
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