'We must stop stigma and hate,' he said Saturday during an address at the Munich Security Conference.
As the number of coronavirus cases surges past 60,000, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on global leaders to not politicize the deadly outbreak.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, speaks at the 56th Munich Security Conference on Coronavirus.MUNICH — As the number of coronavirus cases surges past 60,000, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on global leaders to not politicize the deadly outbreak.
His comments come on the heels of the first coronavirus death confirmed in Europe, an elderly Chinese tourist who was hospitalized in late January. There have been reports from around the world thatOn Saturday, the U.S. State Department announced it would evacuate American citizens stuck aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship that's been quarantined off the coast of Japan.
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