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WHO Urges Leaders to Step Up Fight Against Coronavirus
- Appeal to G-20 heads comes amid U.S. plan to ease lockdowns
- Tedros tells nations to remove export bans on medical gear
A screen overlooking a main road urges people to stay home, in Manchester U.K., on March 26.
Photographer: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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The head of the World Health Organization appealed for a stronger attack against the coronavirus on a webcast with world leaders, trying to rally support while U.S. President Donald Trump and others question the need for the extreme steps the agency has championed.