"The fifth meeting of the Emergency Committee, convened to discuss COVID-19 by the director of the World Health Organization in accordance with international rules, will take place on October 29," the press service of the organization quotes RIA Novosti.
Earlier, WHO announced a record 2.8 million detected cases of coronavirus in the world over the past week.
According to WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the next few months will be very difficult - they will be held in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.