Sir David Nabarro was appointed to the role in 2020 amid the outbreak of the pandemic and regularly appeared on television news throughout the crisis.

King Charles knighted Nabarro in 2023 for his contributions to global health after he served as one of six special envoys to the WHO on COVID-19.

GENEVA: Dr. David Nabarro, a British physician who led the UN response to some of the biggest health crises in recent years, including bird flu, Ebola and the coronavirus…

Sir David Nabarro was appointed to the role in 2020 amid the outbreak of the pandemic and regularly appeared on television news throughout the crisis.

He criticised excessive lockdown measures and lamented that world leaders were ‘just no longer apparently able to work together’ in a crisis