WHO Chief Warns Global Pandemic Preparedness Agreement at Risk

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls for urgent action to reach consensus, warning future generations may not forgive a missed opportunity.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns that the global pandemic preparedness agreement is at risk of falling apart due to entrenched positions and misinformation.
Tedros stresses that failure to reach an agreement could be a missed opportunity that future generations may not forgive.
The agreement aims to ensure better global preparedness and a more equitable response for future pandemics.
Tedros dismisses claims that the accord would cede sovereignty to the WHO or give it the power to impose lockdowns and vaccine mandates as false.
Negotiations are also ongoing to reform the International Health Regulations, which were found wanting during the Covid-19 pandemic.