WHO urges countries to 'act now' amid omicron threat

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The World Health Organization makes an urgent appeal for governments to take defensive steps against the omicron COVID-19 variant.

But the call may be too late as a Filipino infectious disease expert believes the new strain is already in the Philippines. - The World Tonight, ANC, December 9, 2021.

But the call may be too late as a Filipino infectious disease expert believes the new strain is already in the Philippines. - The World Tonight, ANC, December 9, 2021

 

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leronlimab $CYDY Act now? What's that mean? Maybe focusing on therapies like leronlimab and recognizing that vaccines will NEVER be the complete answer? That would be smart, so we know the U.S. FDA won't do that.

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