WHO special session seeks 'pandemic treaty' amid Omicron concerns
A medical worker treats Covid-19 patients in an ICU of the University Emergency Hospital in Bucharest, Romania on Nov. 4, 2021. (Xinhua/Cristian Cristel) GENEVA - A special session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) kicked off here on Monday amid growing concerns over the latest Omicron coronavirus variant, where the participants aimed to negotiate a new "pandemic treaty." Legally binding pandemic treaty The WHA May session this year decided to set up a working group to consider the fi...
United Kingdom South Africa Adam Niedzielski Michalis Hadipantelas Christian Drosten Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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