WHO: Governments unprepared to combat global COVID-19 surge

Geneva - The World Health Organization is warning that governments throughout the world are unprepared to combat the global surge of COVID-19, which is putting millions of people at risk of severe disease and death.

"COVID-19 is still very much with us," Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO director for epidemic and pandemic preparedness and prevention, told journalists in Geneva Tuesday.

"The virus is circulating i