Slovakia to challenge adoption of 'critical' global pandemic agreement


  • World
  • Tuesday, 20 May 2025

FILE PHOTO: Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico arrives for the European Political Community Summit at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania, May 16, 2025. REUTERS/Valdrin Xhemaj/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) -Slovakia's COVID-19 vaccine sceptic prime minister said on Monday that his country would challenge the adoption of a potentially groundbreaking global treaty on improving pandemic preparedness by calling for a vote at the World Health Assembly.

After considerable disagreements were bridged, World Health Organization member states had agreed in principle on the text of the legally binding agreement in April.

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