 WHO
ministerial to open on May 18; UNICEF seeks flights for
vaccines
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[May 01, 2020]
GENEVA (Reuters) - The annual meeting of
health ministers will take place virtually from May 18, with the focus
on the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on
Friday.
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 The shortened agenda will include items essential for "governance
continuity" such as election of its executive and a speech by WHO
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, spokesman Tarik
Jasarevic told a U.N. briefing in Geneva.
UNICEF called for unlocking a "massive backlog" in vaccine shipments
amid a huge drop in commercial flights and limited availability of
charters in the pandemic.
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"UNICEF is appealing to governments, the private sector, the airline
industry, and others, to free up freight space at affordable cost
for these life-saving vaccines," spokeswoman Marixie Mercado said.
(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Alison Williams)
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