WHO warns of Covid medical waste threat

As countries scrambled to get personal protective equipment (PPE) to cope with the crisis, less attention was paid to disposing of Covid-19 health care waste safely and sustainably, the WHO said.

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The latest available data, from 2019, suggested that one in three healthcare facilities globally did not safely manage healthcare waste (AFP)
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The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that the vast amount of waste produced in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic posed a threat to human and environmental health.

The tens of thousands of

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