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Elsewhere, the WHO launches a plan to battle COVID-19 in 2021; it needs $2 billion to meet its 6 goals.

The One Health Global Leaders Group fulfills a request of the UN secretary-general.

Antimicrobials are needed to ensure food security, but they need to be used responsibly, an FAO official says.

Taking a One Health approach, the authors say implementation of national action plans has been slow.

Of nations surveyed, 60% have developed a national action plan and 33% are working on one.

Also, the FAO, WHO, and OIE agree to strengthen their collaboration on antimicrobial resistance.

The low-path H7 detection is the first in the US this year, and more tests will be done to characterize the H7N1 virus.

Over 90% of the world's population live in a nation that has created or is working on an action plan.

Bulgaria and South Africa report outbreaks, and the USDA approves the first poultry DNA vaccine.

The latest outbreak affects a farm housing almost 400,000 poultry.