WHO focused on safer, healthier world

By Xinhua News Agency

May 26, 2021 12:35 am

GENEVA: The 74th World Health Assembly (WHA) kicked off on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) to stress the urgency of ending the current Covid-19 pandemic and preventing the next one by building a healthier, safer and fairer world.

More than a year into the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, cases worldwide have risen 40-fold to more than 160 million while the number of deaths has increased 11 times to more than 3 million, according to World Health Organization (WHO) statistics.

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