‘The next pandemic will not wait’: Lula and WHO director in urgent plea for leaders to finalise agreement

The Guardian UK Monday 15 June 2026, 12:01 UTC By Kat Lay, Global health correspondent 1 min read

Key Points

As Ebola spreads in the DRC, the Brazilian president and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ask leaders to agree pandemic treaty created after CovidWorld leaders have been urged keep a promise to the millions of people who died during Covid – by finalising an agreement on how to deal with future pandemics. As a G7 summit begins in France, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, and Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, have issued a joint letter...

As Ebola spreads in the DRC, the Brazilian president and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ask leaders to agree pandemic treaty created after Covid

World leaders have been urged keep a promise to the millions of people who died during Covid – by finalising an agreement on how to deal with future pandemics.

As a G7 summit begins in France, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, and Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, have issued a joint letter saying a treaty needs urgent political backing at the highest level because “the next pandemic will not wait for us”.

Lula (PERSON) DRC (ORG) Brazilian (ORG) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (PERSON) Covid (PERSON) G7 (ORG) France (LOCATION) the World Health Organization (ORG) Brazil (LOCATION) Luiz Inácio (PERSON) Lula da Silva (PERSON)

Originally published by The Guardian UK Read original →

Dad trapped in Spanish hospital after common illness mistake means £30k bill Kevin Turner is in intensive care and his family will need to pay the bill - and the cost of getting him home A dad faces a £30,000 medical bill after falling ill on holiday because he didn't declare a common ailment on his travel insurance. Kevin Turner flew to Alicante with his partner Joy Peck in May after feeling poorly the week before with a chest infection. After taking antibiotics and steroids, the...

Daily Mirror 16m ago

Haitian fraudster’s eye-popping taxpayer-backed drug scam puts Congress on the hunt

Members of Congress are calling for increased oversight and reform after a Haitian national in Florida was convicted in a healthcare fraud conspiracy that prosecutors said involved more than $58 million in false claims targeting Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers using a federal drug discount program. Prosecutors accused Jean Jethro Alexandre and his co-conspirators in 2025 of recruiting fake patients and offering them financial kickbacks if they accepted fraudulent prescriptions —...

Fox News 19m ago

Haitian fraudster’s eye-popping taxpayer-backed drug scam puts Congress on the hunt

Fox News Politics 19m ago

'My wife went blind after pregnancy, her last six months alive were hell'

'My wife went blind after pregnancy, her last six months alive were hell' Young widower Michael Gavin has shared the heartache he endured after watching his beloved wife Christina Gavin deteriorate before his eyes, with a family tragedy leading to a serious health decline A young widower has opened up about the "living hell" his late wife had to endure in the final moments of her life. In 2009, Christina Gavin was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, for which she was prescribed insulin....

Daily Mirror 32m ago

‘The next pandemic will not wait’: Lula and WHO director in urgent plea for leaders to finalise agreement

Related Stories

Dad trapped in Spanish hospital after common illness mistake means £30k bill

Haitian fraudster’s eye-popping taxpayer-backed drug scam puts Congress on the hunt

Haitian fraudster’s eye-popping taxpayer-backed drug scam puts Congress on the hunt

'My wife went blind after pregnancy, her last six months alive were hell'