WHO urges countries to 'wake up' and halt coronavirus


UNITED NATIONS, July 4 (AFP): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday (July 3) urged countries hit by serious coronavirus outbreaks to "wake up" to the realities on the ground instead of bickering, and to "take control".

"People need to wake up. The data is not lying. The situation on the ground is not lying," WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan told journalists at a briefing hosted by the UN correspondents' association in Geneva.

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