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UN chief calls out countries who ignored WHO on coronavirus
AFP
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UN chief Antonio Guterres (AFP photo)
UN chief Antonio Guterres (AFP photo)

The planet is paying a heavy price for countries ignoring the recommendations of the World Health Organization to fight the coronavirus pandemic, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday.

"Different countries have followed different, sometimes contradictory strategies and we are all paying a heavy price," the secretary-general told a virtual meeting of the WHO's World Health Assembly.

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(Published 18 May 2020, 18:28 IST)