Geneva, March 23, 2026 (AFP) - WHO chief urges countries to complete pandemic agreement

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2026-03-23

The World Health Organization chief on Monday urged countries to complete the missing piece of a pandemic agreement designed to avoid the panic and chaos of Covid-19 this week. WHO member states meeting at the UN health agency's Geneva headquarters have until Saturday to thrash out the trickiest bit of the entire treaty -- the nuts and bolts of how a vital portion of the text will work in practice. "We must get this done. The next pandemic will n......

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