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FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 file photo, Michael Ryan, left, Executive Director of WHO's Health Emergencies programme, next to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, right, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press conference about the update on COVID-19 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The emergencies chief of the World Health Organization said on Monday March 1, 2021, it was “premature” and “unrealistic” to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year, but that the recent arrival of effective vaccines could at least help dramatically reduce hospitalizations and death. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

WHO head wants virus vaccine patents waived to boost supply

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People wearing face masks wait for boarding at the Noi Bai airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, Feb.12, 2020. Fresh COVID-19 outbreak in Vietnam has slowed down business and travel during the popular lunar new year festival. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

WHO chief warns of complacency as global virus cases drop

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FILE - In this Thursday, June 25, 2020 file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a press conference, at the (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Ghebreyesus has on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 appealed to makers of COVID-19 vaccines and the wealthy countries buying them to “stop making bilateral deals” that hurt a U.N.-backed initiative to make the vaccines more available. He called on countries that have more vaccines than they need to make some available to the COVAX Facility — the U.N.-backed project to get vaccines deployed widely. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

WHO: Rich nations, vaccine firms should stop bilateral deals

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, March 9, 2020 file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization speaks during a news conference, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Ghebreyesus says that he is “disappointed” that Chinese officials haven't finalized permissions for the arrival of a team of experts into China to examine origins of COVID-19. In a rare critique of Beijing, he said on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 members of the international scientific team have begun over the last 24 hours to leave from their home countries to China as part of an arrangement between WHO and the Chinese government. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, file)

WHO ‘disappointed’ at Chinese delays letting experts in

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Francesco Zambon, lead author of a withdrawn WHO report into Italy's coronavirus response speaks with The Associated Press in Rome, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Zambon warned his U.N. bosses in May of lost lives and &quot;catastrophic&quot; reputational damage if they allowed Italian political interests to suppress the document, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

WHO was warned lives were at risk over yanked Italy report

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, World Health Organization President Tedros Adhanom speaks to the press during the World Health Organization conference on noncommunicable diseases in Montevideo, Uruguay. At a meeting of WHO’s member states, Monday Nov. 9, 2020, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he welcomed “any and all attempts to strengthen the organization...for the sake of the people we serve.&quot; as WHO faces calls for an independent review on its handling of the global COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, FILE)

UN health chief: World can start dreaming of pandemic’s end

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, June 25, 2020 file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a press conference, at the (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Ethiopia’s government is accusing the head of the World Health Organization, a fellow Ethiopian, of lobbying neighboring countries to come to the aid of the country’s rebellious Tigray regional government with arms and other support. Ethiopia’s army chief asserts to reporters that Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had urged unnamed neighbors to “oppose the war and for (the Tigray People’s Liberation Front) to get arms.” (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

WHO chief denies Ethiopia’s claim of backing Tigray region

By CARA ANNA - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the United Nations, Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the annual meeting of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Group of Friends during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at UN headquarters in New York. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo via AP)

UN summit in December to push action on COVID-19 pandemic

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 25, 2020, file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a press conference, at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Tedros says he will self-quarantine after being identified as a contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19. He wrote on Twitter late Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, that he is “well and without symptoms” but will self-quarantine in “coming days, in line with WHO protocols, and work from home.” (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

WHO chief Tedros to quarantine after contact gets COVID-19

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, March 9, 2020 file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization speaks during a news conference on updates regarding COVID-19, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The head of the World Health Organization warned against the idea that herd immunity might be a realistic strategy to stop the pandemic, dismissing such proposals as “unethical.&quot; At a press briefing on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said health officials typically aim to achieve herd immunity _ where the entire population is protected from a virus when the majority are immune _ by vaccination. Tedros noted that to obtain herd immunity from measles, for example, about 95% of the population must be vaccinated. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, file)

UN warns against pursuing herd immunity to stop coronavirus

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In this Feb. 24, 2020, photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press conference about the update on COVID-19 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP) ** FILE **

WHO chief upbraids Pompeo over ‘unacceptable’ allegations

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

A Kashmiri man and a child wearing masks walk past a parked armored police vehicle in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, July 13, 2020. Authorities reimposed lockdown on Monday in parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir, including the region's main city, following surge in coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

US debates school reopening, WHO warns ‘no return to normal’

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and ADAM GELLER - Associated Press

WHO chief taps ex-leaders to head COVID-19 response panel

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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2020, file photo, Tedros Adhanom, director general of the World Health Organization, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly thanked the Chinese government for sharing the genetic map of the virus “immediately” and said its work and commitment to transparency were “very impressive, and beyond words.” But behind the scenes, there were significant delays by China and considerable frustration among WHO officials over the lack of outbreak data, The Associated Press has found. (Naohiko Hatta/Pool Photo via AP, File)

UN health chief: Fighting virus very hard in divided world

By MARIA CHENG and JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

In this Thursday, March 12, 2020, file photo, an entrance gate is closed at the usually crowded Forbidden City in Beijing, due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China delayed releasing coronavirus info, frustrating WHO

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In this Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press conference about the update on COVID-19 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The European Union is calling for an independent evaluation of the World Health Organization's response to the coronavirus pandemic, to review experience gained and lessons learned. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

WHO chief vows independent review into its coronavirus response at the ‘earliest appropriate moment’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with restaurant industry executives about the coronavirus response, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, May 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump WHO letter: Shape up fast or temporary funding freeze is permanent

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 7, 2018, file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), answers questions of the journalists about his first seven months in office and outlines the organization's priorities for the next five years, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Health Organization’s director-general has faced many challenges during the coronavirus pandemic: racial slurs, death threats, social media caricatures — he was once depicted as a ventriloquist’s dummy in the hands of Chinese President Xi Jinping — and U.S. funding cuts. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

WHO chief unbowed amid attacks, Trump criticism

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

In this Monday, March 9, 2020, file photo, Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a news conference on updates regarding the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, file)

UN says 7 or 8 `top’ candidates for a COVID-19 vaccine exist

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

WHO head warns worst of virus is still ahead

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