World Health Organisation WHO director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus answers questions during a press conference after a visit to the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation CERI, on the first day of a mission to South Africa of the Belgian cooperation and development minister, in Cape Town, South-Africa, Friday 11 February 2022. The focus of this mission is the importance of equitable access to COVID vaccines worldwide and to take note of a number of initiatives that are being developed around this topic in South Africa. Belgium supports, through the World Health Organization (WHO), a local COVID-19 mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub. BELGA PHOTO BENOIT DOPPAGNE (Photo by BENOIT DOPPAGNE/Belga/Sipa USA)
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GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization says the number of coronavirus deaths last week was the lowest reported number in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the years-long global outbreak.
At a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world had never been in a better position to stop COVID-19.
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In its weekly report on the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said deaths fell by 22% in the past week, at just over 11,000 reported worldwide. Still, the WHO warned that relaxed testing and surveillance means that many cases are going unnoticed.
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