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Coronavirus: calls for a ‘stronger WHO’

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A World Health Organisation adviser says information sharing isn’t where it needs to be

A World Health Organisation adviser says the sharing of information isn’t where it needs to be.

A senior World Health Organisation adviser says they’ve learnt lessons from the coronavirus but says the world needs such an institution to save lives. Also: The UN and the International Organisation for Migration are suspending the resettlement of refugees in permanent homes, and Joe Biden wins more primaries in the race to become the democratic presidential candidate. 

(Photo: Preventative measures against novel coronavirus outbreak in Bangalore credit:  EPA/JAGADEESH NV)

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