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World > UN News
WHO launches new pandemic prevention plan as Covid deaths fall 95%
By UN News
Apr 27, 2023 7:15 am

THE World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched a new initiative to help strengthen countries' ability to plan for, and deal with, another deadly pandemic like the coronavirus crisis, as latest figures show a huge drop in Covid-19 deaths this year.

The guidance provides a joined-up approach for responding to the threat or arrival of any respiratory pathogen — such as flu or the range of coronaviruses — that has the ability to rapidly mutate into different variants.

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