Special to The Asahi Shimbun
April 25, 2021 at 17:30 JST
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, speaks to reporters about the new coronavirus at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, in February 2020. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, and other world leaders made a fresh call for international cooperation to defeat the novel coronavirus pandemic. This message is co-authored by the leaders of 24 countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany and South Korea, as well as the European Council president. [Read More]
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