Negotiations on global pandemic treaty to start in February: WHO

Geneva: Negotiations on a draft global agreement to better combat the next pandemic will begin in February next year, the WHO announced after three days of discussions in Geneva.

The 194 member states of the World Health Organization have been thrashing out a pandemic treaty since Monday aimed at ensuring the flawed response that turned Covid-19 into a global crisis could never happen again.

On the final day of negotiations, they “agreed to…