The World Health Organization announced yesterday that it is working on forming an independent committee to review its dealings with the "Covid-19" pandemic, as well as the governments' response to it, and allow "avoiding similar tragedies in the future", at a time when the organization faces severe criticism of its handling of the health crisis. .

This comes as the number of newly registered SKV cases in the world exceeds 12 million, more than half of which are in the United States and Latin America.

In detail, the Director-General of the Health Organization, Tedros Adhanum Gebresus, speaking to diplomats of member states, said, “I have the honor to announce that the former (New Zealand) Prime Minister, Helen Clark, and the former (Liberian) President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, have agreed to take over the chairmanship of the evaluation committee that we are launching. It has the name of the independent committee to prepare for and deal with global epidemics.

He said, "I cannot envision two more independent characters to make this honest assessment and help us understand what happened, and what we should do to avoid such tragedies in the future."

The WHO has come under severe criticism since the health crisis began in late 2019, in particular because of its delay in recommending the use of masks. The United States accused her of leniency toward China, the primary focus of the virus, and of delaying declaring a global health emergency.

"We will not be able to overcome the pandemic if we are divided," he said, warning that the "divisions" of the international community are contributing to the continuing spread of the epidemic.

"The biggest threat we face today is not the virus itself, but a lack of leadership and solidarity," he added.

Meanwhile, data gathered for cases of Corona virus, yesterday, showed that the number of infections worldwide exceeded 12 million, more than half of them in the United States and Latin America.

The latest data available on the American Johns Hopkins University website showed that the total number of injuries exceeded 12 million and 41 thousand cases.

It also showed that the number of people recovering was close to 6.6 million, while the number of deaths approached 550,000.

The United States leads the world in terms of the number of cases, followed by Brazil, India and Russia.

America also leads the world in terms of deaths, followed by Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Italy.

The number of reported infections in the world has doubled since May 31, and over 1.3 million new infections have been recorded in the last seven days.

The United States recorded more than 60,000 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, the highest number of cases recorded by a single country in a single day.

The United States faces a bleak summer and an increase in cases, and many states have had to shut down part of the economic activity again, leaving some workers without salaries.

In addition to nearly 10,000 new cases in Florida, Texas has recorded more than 9,500 injuries and California registered more than 8,500 new cases. The two states also experienced the largest number of deaths from the virus in one day. Wednesday was the second day in a row that deaths in the United States had jumped to more than 900, the highest level since early June, according to the statistic.

Tennessee states, West Virginia and Utah saw record daily increases in new cases, and injuries rose in 42 of the 50 states.

On Wednesday, the total number of casualties reached 60,020, while a few local governments have not yet reported cases.

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Britain reached 288 thousand and 511 cases, yesterday, according to the data, the deaths from the virus reached 44 thousand and 602.

In Beijing, Chinese health authorities said China reported nine new cases of coronavirus on the mainland on July 8, compared to seven cases the day before.

According to the Public Health Committee, all new cases are from abroad.

The total confirmed cases of coronavirus in Spain reached 252 thousand and 513 cases, and the number of deaths reached 28 thousand and 396.

The number of confirmed cases of the virus in Italy reached 242 thousand and 149 cases, and that the deaths reached 34 thousand and 914 cases.

And Russia announced, yesterday, the registration of 6509 new infections with the Corona virus, bringing the total number of HIV infections in the country to 707 thousand and 301, which is the fourth largest in the world.

For its part, the South Korean health authorities announced yesterday that 50 new cases of coronavirus were discovered, which raises the death toll to 293,13 cases.

The Iranian Ministry of Health said yesterday that the total number of cases of Corona virus in Iran reached 250 thousand and 458 cases, and added that 221 people died of the virus during the past twenty-four hours, bringing the total deaths to 12 thousand and 305 cases.

In America, HIV infections rise by more than 60,000 in a single day, setting a new record.

China records 9 new "Corona" cases ... and the number of injured in Iran has exceeded a quarter of a million.

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