WHO warns that over half of countries don’t have basic anti-pandemic systems

Published April 22, 2020 4:58pm ET



Fewer than half of nations have adequate infection prevention and community engagement systems in place to combat the coronavirus pandemic, according to the World Health Organization.

“There are still many gaps in the world’s defenses, and no single country has everything it needs,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday.

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