SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR: Asia-Pacific countries should not neglect other health services amid the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organisation warned on Tuesday (April 21), noting that the region could face a new crisis if other diseases went unmanaged.
The response to the pandemic should not stop such health services as immunisation and treatment of acute and chronic diseases that affect millions of people in the region, said Takeshi Kasai, WHO regional director for the Western Pacific.
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