UN chief calls out countries who ignored WHO on coronavirus

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.

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"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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