Follow the latest coronavirus developments with PM Boris Johnson set to give briefing outlining fresh restrictions
WHO chief DrTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been the face of the global response to the pandemic
The World Health Organization’s emergency committee will meet on Friday to reassess the Covid-19 pandemic, six months after first declaring a global public health emergency. When the WHO committee declared the emergency in January, there were fewer than 100 recorded cases of Covid-19, and no deaths, outside China.
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