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World is a 'fertile breeding ground' for new pandemics: WHO

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres Source: AAP

And the UN is continuing to call the lockout of several south African countries over the new COVID variant unnecessary and counterproductive.


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By Essam Al-Ghalib

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And the UN is continuing to call the lockout of several south African countries over the new COVID variant unnecessary and counterproductive.



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