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Wavering world leaders were told Tuesday to speed up efforts to agree a global treaty on avoiding a new pandemic catastrophe four years to the day since Covid-19 was declared an international emergency.The call came on the fourth anniversary of the WHO declaring the worsening Covid-19 situation a public health emergency of international concern.
More than 40 former heads of state and leading global health advocates have urged world leaders not to waste a unique opportunity to save millions of lives as negotiations stall on a new global pandemic accord.1
In an open letter, published four years after the World Health Organization declared covid-19 a global health emergency, the 40 influential figures warned that the world’s leaders were looking increasingly unlikely to agree on a new, legally binding agreement intended to prevent and prepare for a future pandemic.2
“Four years since it was declared a global emergency, covid-19 continues to add to the estimated 28.5 million excess deaths associated with the pandemic,” the letter said. “People and societies continue to suffer the long tail of its enormous social and economic toll. Overall, our …
Wavering world leaders were told Tuesday to speed up efforts to agree a global treaty on avoiding a new pandemic catastrophe four years to the day since Covid-19 was declared an international emergency.
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