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WHO Urges World's Leaders to Act as COVID-19 Cases Surge

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   Noting the world is at a critical juncture in the COVID-19 pandemic,
   the World Health Organization is urging nations to take immediate
   action to prevent unnecessary deaths, the collapse of essential health
   systems and the shutdown of economies.

   Speaking at the agency's headquarters in Geneva, WHO Director-General
   Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said too many countries, particularly in the
   northern hemisphere, are seeing an exponential increase in COVID-19
   cases forcing hospitals and intensive care units to run near or above
   capacity.

   He called on governments to take key actions immediately to prevent the
   crisis from spinning out of control.

   First, the WHO chief said leaders need to make an honest assessment of
   the COVID-19 outbreak in their countries. For those nations who have
   successfully brought it under control, he suggested they "double down"
   to keep transmissions low, identify cases and clusters, and be ready to
   act.

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