World News in Brief: Cholera surges worldwide, DR Congo update, WHO leads global health emergency exercise

World News in Brief: Cholera surges worldwide, DR Congo update, WHO leads global health emergency exercise

A global surge in cholera is threatening vulnerable people from Angola to Myanmar, fuelled by conflict, natural disasters and climate change, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

With "Exercise Polaris," the World Health Organization simulated a large-scale pandemic scenario involving 15 countries and over 20 partner organizations. The goal was to test a new global coordination mechanism for health emergencies under realistic conditions for the first time.