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    Lack Of Unity Is A Bigger Threat Than Coronavirus, WHO Chief Says In Emotional Speech

    by Bill Chappell Jul 09, 2020 2 minutes
    World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a meeting last week at WHO headquarters in Geneva. Tedros says the coronavirus "thrives on division."

    Updated at 3:30 p.m. ET

    The COVID-19 pandemic is testing the world – and humanity is failing because of a lack of leadership and unity, the head of the World Health Organization declared in a passionate speech Thursday.

    "How is it difficult for humans to unite and fight a common enemy that is killing people indiscriminately?" WHO Director-General, his voice rising with emotion.

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