On Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged world leaders to take “urgent and aggressive action” against the pandemic.
Dr Ghebreyesus also said he was “deeply concerned” by the “alarming levels of inaction” in response to the viral threat.
He said: “Several counties have demonstrated that this virus can be suppressed and controlled.
“The challenge for many countries who are now dealing with large clusters or community transmission is not whether they can do the same – it’s whether they will.”
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