“The pandemic highlights the importance of the World Health Organization, an institution that needs to be strengthened.
It must be even better positioned to deal with international health threats, ”Merkel said.
According to her, in the current situation related to the coronavirus pandemic, "there is a light at the end of the tunnel."
Merkel attributed this optimism to the presence of the WHO global initiative to develop and distribute tests, treatments and vaccines ACT Accelerator.
Earlier, the WHO representative in Russia Melita Vujnovich said that the end of the coronavirus pandemic in the coming months should not be expected.