Middle East War Halts Work At WHO’s Dubai Emergency Hub
Naija News • 5h ago
The Middle East war has forced the World Health Organisation (WHO) to suspend operations at its global emergency logistics hub in Dubai, the UN agency’s chief said Thursday.
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Tedros Ghebreyesus warned that the impact of the conflict, sparked by the US-Israeli attacks on Iran on Saturday, “goes beyond the immediately affected countries”.
“Operations at WHO’s logistics hub for global health emergencies in Dubai are currently on hold due to insecurity,” he told a press conference.
Last year, the Dubai logistics hub processed more than 500 emergency orders for 75 countries around the world, Hanan Balkhy, the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean regional director, told reporters.
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