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WHO reconvenes COVID-19 panel; Africa's outbreaks intensify

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The World Health Organization (WHO) director-general said today that the COVID-19 emergency committee will meet tomorrow to review pandemic developments, as cases surge in some African nations and as many past-peak countries take tentative steps to relax their distancing measures.The global total today rose to 3,179,494 cases reported form 185 countries, and at least 226,173 people have died from their infections, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.WHO panel to examine latest developmentsAt a media briefing today, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said it's been nearly 3 months since the WHO declared a public health emergency of international concern for the COVID-19 epidemic.

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