Sir Paul McCartney calls for global action to prevent future health crises

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Sir Paul McCartney called on world leaders to strengthen global health systems as he performed during a concert raising money for the fight against coronavirus.

The former Beatle, 77, was joined by some of the biggest names in music for the One World: Together At Home event, staged in conjunction with Global Citizen and the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Sir Paul said he was “very honoured” to be involved and paid tribute to the “true heroes: our health care workers all around the world”.

He then demanded global action to prevent further health crises. “As this Covid-19 pandemic is a global crisis, we all have to come together to fight it on a global scale,” he said. “Let’s tell our leaders we need them to strengthen the health care