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BBC: WHO chief urges end to ‘politicisation’ of virus

By BBC.

Published April 9, 2020 at 5:03 am

A woman wearing medical mask because of concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, walks in Kyiv on April 7, 2020.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged unity, as the agency comes under continued fire from US President Donald Trump. Speaking on Wednesday, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus defended the WHO’s work and called for an end to the politicisation of Covid-19.