World Health Assembly

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and his counterparts from other G7 countries agreed on Monday, November 29, 2021, to closely monitor and share information about the highly mutated Omicron variant of COVID-19.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Canada supports the development of a new global convention on pandemic preparedness and response that will be debated at a special meeting of the World Health Assembly today, November 29, 2021.

The focus of world leaders on responding to future outbreaks overlooks the far cheaper and more effective strategy of stopping the spillover of disease from animals to humans in the first place, scientists warn.