GENEVA, Switzerland
The World Health Organization’s Director-General, Tedros
Adhanom, says the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the state of health
unpreparedness the world has been.
Tedros made the remarks on
Thursday at a media briefing following a trilateral meeting between WHO, France
and Germany.
”The COVID-19 pandemic is
a once-in-a-century event that has shown the world was not as prepared as it
should have been,” he said.
“We must all learn the
lessons it is teaching us: that we are one humanity, and none of us are safe
until all of us are safe.”
COVID-19 has killed more
than 482,000 people globally and infected over 9.4 million, according to data
from the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.
Tedros urged world leaders
to show leadership in the fight against the pandemic, whose effects are
projected to last for years according to analysts.
Earlier, the WHO chief
said the number of new infections was on the rise, a cause for concern
globally.
He noted that in the last month alone, more than 4 million new cases had been reported, and if the trend continues, the global number of COVID-19 infections will surpass 10 million by the end of the week. - Africa
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