WHO's Covid warnings were not heeded. Now the world has a new chance to beat the virus
by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from Science | The Guardian on (#5DGTQ)
If nations make vaccine delivery equitable, step up testing and study variant genomes, the pandemic could be under control by January 2022
A year ago, on 30 January, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the new coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern - the highest level of alarm at our disposal under international law.
At the time there were 98 confirmed cases and no deaths reported outside China. The WHO repeatedly urged all countries to capitalise on the window of opportunity" to prevent widespread transmission of this new virus.
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