COVID-19 'Was A Preventable Disaster,' WHO-Ordered Report States

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Calling COVID-19 "a terrible wake-up call," an independent review panel says national and international leaders failed to respond adequately to the pandemic. Here, members of the Bavarian state Parliament sit among clear panels in Munich in October.

The coronavirus found a world vulnerable to the worst effects of a pandemic despite warnings from experts and a string of recent global health threats. The system, the report said, remains "unfit."

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