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World Health Organization chief says coronavirus outbreak is "accelerating"

2020-07-09 08:56:08       source:cbs news

July 8, 2020


The director-general of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said Tuesday the coronavirus outbreak is "accelerating, and we have clearly not reached the peak of the pandemic."


"More than six months in, the case for national unity and global solidarity is undeniable," he said at a WHO briefing Tuesday. "We cannot afford any divisions."


Tedros stressed that while global deaths have leveled off, many countries are actually seeing cases and deaths rise. 


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