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Covid shadow hangs over WHO international meet


Covid shadow hangs over WHO international meet
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21/05/2021 - 14:08
The WHO s World Health Assembly kicks off Monday Fabrice COFFRINI AFP
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Geneva (AFP)
With the pandemic still raging, the virus origins a mystery and wealthy nations hoarding vaccines, the World Health Organization gathers its member states next week, focused on averting the next catastrophe.
The 74th World Health Assembly will arguably be one of the most important in the WHO s history, amid calls to revamp the organisation and the entire global approach to health.
The WHO s main decision-making body will this year be keenly focused on the world s inadequate response to Covid-19 and the significant steps needed to prevent future pandemics. ....

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COVID-19 and the doomsday clock


COVID-19 and the doomsday clock
Jan 30,2021 - Last updated at Jan 30,2021
OSLO    Last January, my fellow Elders Mary Robinson and Ban Ki-moon participated in the unveiling of the Doomsday Clock, the annual indicator of global catastrophic risk published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. In 2020, the clock’s hands moved closer to “midnight” than they have ever been, just 100 seconds away, and they will remain there in 2021.
It is hardly reassuring that we came no closer to midnight this year. The COVID-19 pandemic has served as a stark and deadly demonstration of the precariousness of our way of life. We have made remarkable progress on vaccines, and a new US administration brings hope of renewed multilateral cooperation. But there is no doubt that the future will be rife with existential threats: New pandemics, the climate crisis, nuclear conflict and other risks that we cannot ignore. ....

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