Global treaty needed to protect states from pandemics, say world leaders
by Lucy Campbell from on (#5FY89)
Joint letter signed by Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and others warns nobody is safe until everyone is safe'
The world needs a global treaty for pandemics to protect states in the wake of Covid-19, akin to the settlement forged after the second world war, Boris Johnson and other world leaders have urged.
In a joint article published in newspapers across the world, leaders including the UK prime minister, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, warn that a future global pandemic is an inevitability and that Covid has served as a stark and painful reminder that nobody is safe until everyone is safe".
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