COVID-19: Berlin pushes WHO head’s re-election bid: diplomatsReuters, GENEVA, Switzerland, and BERLINGermany is seeking support from other EU members to ensure a second term for WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, but African states have yet to show their cards, government sources and diplomats said on Wednesday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, second right, visits a 2022 FIFA World Cup residential complex that houses Afghan evacuees in Doha on Sunday. One African diplomat at the African Union said that the appointment of a new head of the WHO had not been discussed among member countries. However, African countries are expected to support Tedros’ re-election, and the senior diplomat was not aware of any other candidates from Africa or another region. It would be complicated for an African country other than his country of origin to take the initiative,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times September 23, 2021 15:56 UTC