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The World Health Organization on Monday kicked off its first-ever virtual assembly, with countries calling for a joint response to the COVID-19 pandemic and for any vaccine to be a "global public good". As quoted by AFP.com ( 18/5)  countries are also calling for a reform of the UN health body to ensure it is better prepared to address future pandemics.  The World Health Assembly (WHA) has been trimmed from the usual three weeks to just two days. It will focus almost solely on COVID-19, which in a matter of months has killed over 315,000 globally, and infected more than 4.7 million. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the event, saying several nations had ignored the WHO's recommendations. He warned in a video address that  different countries have followed different, sometimes contradictory, strategies and WHO is all paying a heavy price//AFP