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NPR Coronavirus Updates

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

By Bill Chappell

Published May 12, 2021 at 1:48 PM MDT

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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."

NPR Coronavirus Updates

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Bill Chappell

Bill Chappell is a writer and editor on the News Desk in the heart of NPR's newsroom in Washington, D.C.

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