Countries trying to thrash out a global agreement on handling future pandemics are hoping to seal the deal Friday after weeks of creeping progress in exhausting talks. Having plowed past several previous deadlines, the hard stop of next week’s annual gathering of the World Health Organization’s 194 member states is now in clear sight. Scarred by the devastation caused by COVID-19—which killed millions, shredded economies and crippled health systems—WHO member countries have spent two years trying to hammer out binding commitments on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. The Intergovernmental Negotiating Read More
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