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COVID cases worldwide dropping for two straight weeks, WHO says
Health
- 17 May, 2021
- 15:57
"For the second week in a row there has been a global decline in cases and deaths from COVID-19," Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing in Geneva on Monday, Report informs, citing foreign media.
At the same time, "the situation in a number of countries continues to be very concerning. The COVID-19 pandemic is a long way from over," the director-general stated.
He also called on manufacturers to make doses available to COVAX earlier than planned due to the supply shortfall left by Indian export disruptions.
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