Members of the World Health Organization reached an agreement to prepare the world for future pandemics after more than three years of negotiations, the organisation said early on Wednesday.

Members of the World Health Organization reached an agreement to prepare the world for future pandemics after more than three years of negotiations, the organization said early on Wednesday.

Members of the World Health Organization agreed to the deaft text of a landmark treaty to handle future pandemics. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said "multilateralism is alive and well."