Mar.25 — World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gave a rare, blunt admonishment Wednesday on the global fight against the coronavirus outbreak. He said governments should stop wasting precious time needed to fight the virus after squandering an opportunity to prevent the pandemic.
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The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution, which establishes the agency’s governing structure and principles, states its main objective as “the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.”