COVID-19 special envoy David Nabarro dies at 75

David Nabarro, World Health Organisation (WHO) Special Envoy for COVID-19 Preparedness and Response, poses after he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George during an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, Friday March 3, 2023. Victoria Jones/Pool via REUTERS

(Reuters) -David Nabarro, the World Health Organization's special envoy for COVID-19 since the early stages of the outbreak in 2020, has died at the age of 75, the WHO said on Saturday.

"David was a great champion of global health and health equity, and a wise, generous mentor to countless individuals," World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said of the Briton in a post on X.