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		</div><p>The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for a <em>“quarantine on politicising Covid-19”</em> after facing criticism over the crisis.</p>
<p>Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director general, said to politicise the crisis would lead to <em>“more body bags”</em>.</p>
<p>China and the US and G20 countries, should <em>“come together to fight it”</em>, he added.</p>
<p><em>“Those who have differences should join hands to fight it,”</em> he said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Media briefing on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/DrTedros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrTedros</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#coronavirus</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZKy3OjKgBl">https://t.co/ZKy3OjKgBl</a></p>
<p>&mdash; World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1247912987257491457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>It comes after the organisation had faced criticism from US President Donald Trump.</p>
<p>During a press briefing at the White House on Tuesday night, Mr Trump accused the WHO of being <em>“wrong about a lot of things”</em>.</p>
<p>Mr Trump also threatened to halt funding to the international public health body and said it had “missed the call” to outline the seriousness of the disease in the early days.</p>
<p>Dr Ghebreyesus said: <em>“We shouldn’t waste time pointing fingers, we need time to unite.”</em></p>
<p><em>“Unity is the only option to defeat this virus.”</em></p>
<p>He added: <em>“Why would I care about being attacked when people are dying?</em></p>
<p><em>“We have lost more than 60,000 citizens of the world.”</em></p>
<p>He told the virtual press briefing that as head of the organisation, he had been subject to death threats and racist abuse over the past two or three months but added: <em>“I don’t give a damn.”</em></p>
<p>Dr Ghebreyesus added: <em>“Giving me names, ‘black’ or ‘negro’. I am proud of being black, proud of being negro, because that negro is black, black is black, and I am proud.”</em></p>
<p>He continued: <em>“When the whole black community was insulted, when Africa was insulted, then I don’t tolerate, then I say it is crossing a line. When it’s personal, even death threats, I don’t care.”</em></p>
<p>WHO officials used the first part of the briefing to outline steps that have been taken to <em>“alleviate suffering and save lives”</em>.</p>
<p>Thursday April 9 marks 100 days since the global health body was notified of the first cases of <em>“pneumonia with unknown cause”</em>.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Media briefing on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/DrTedros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrTedros</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#coronavirus</a> <a href="https://t.co/ddrifrfTi6">https://t.co/ddrifrfTi6</a></p>
<p>&mdash; World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1247910855875817472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Dr Ghebreyesus told a virtual press briefing: <em>“Tomorrow marks 100 days since WHO was notified of the first cases of ‘pneumonia with unknown cause’ in China.</em></p>
<p><em>“It’s incredible to reflect on how dramatically the world has changed, in such a short period of time.”</em></p>
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