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Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros. #coronavirus
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"In the past two weeks, the number of cases of #COVID19 outside 🇨🇳 has increased 13-fold & the number of affected countries has tripled.
There are now more than 118,000 cases in 114 countries, & 4,291 people have lost their lives"-@DrTedros #coronavirus
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"Thousands more are fighting for their lives in hospitals.
In the days and weeks ahead, we expect to see the number of #COVID19 cases, the number of deaths, and the number of affected countries climb even higher"-@DrTedros #coronavirus
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"WHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and we are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction"-@DrTedros #COVID19
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
"We have therefore made the assessment that #COVID19 can be characterized as a pandemic"-@DrTedros #coronavirus
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"Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly. It is a word that, if misused, can cause unreasonable fear, or unjustified acceptance that the fight is over, leading to unnecessary suffering and death"-@DrTedros #COVID19 #coronavirus
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"Describing the situation as a pandemic does not change WHO’s assessment of the threat posed by this #coronavirus. It doesn’t change what WHO is doing, and it doesn’t change what countries should do"-@DrTedros #COVID19
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"We have never before seen a pandemic sparked by a #coronavirus.
And we have never before seen a pandemic that can be controlled at the same time.
WHO has been in full response mode since we were notified of the first cases"-@DrTedros #COVID19
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"We have called every day for countries to take urgent and aggressive action.
We have rung the alarm bell loud and clear"-@DrTedros #COVID19 #coronavirus
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"As I said on Monday, just looking at the number of #COVID19 cases and the number of countries affected does not tell the full story"-@DrTedros #coronavirus
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"Of the 118,000 #COVID19 cases reported globally in 114 countries, more than 90 percent of cases are in just four countries, and two of those – 🇨🇳 and 🇰🇷 - have significantly declining epidemics"-@DrTedros #coronavirus
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"81 countries have not reported any #COVID19 cases, and 57 countries have reported 10 cases or less.
We cannot say this loudly enough, or clearly enough, or often enough: all countries can still change the course of this pandemic"-@DrTedros #coronavirus
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"If countries detect, test, treat, isolate, trace, and mobilize their people in the response, those with a handful of #COVID19 cases can prevent those cases becoming clusters, and those clusters becoming community transmission"-@DrTedros #coronavirus
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“Even those countries with community transmission or large clusters can turn the tide on this #coronavirus.
Several countries have demonstrated that this virus can be suppressed and controlled.”-@DrTedros #COVID19
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“The challenge for many countries who are now dealing with large #COVID19 clusters or community transmission is not whether they can do the same – it’s whether they will”-@DrTedros #Coronavirus
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“Some countries are struggling with a lack of capacity.
Some countries are struggling with a lack of resources.
Some countries are struggling with a lack of resolve.”-@DrTedros #COVID19 #coronavirus
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"We are grateful for the measures being taken in 🇮🇷, 🇮🇹 and 🇰🇷 to slow the virus and control their #COVID19 epidemics.
We know that these measures are taking a heavy toll on societies and economies, just as they did in 🇨🇳"-@DrTedros #coronavirus
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"All countries must strike a fine balance between protecting health, minimizing economic & social disruption & respecting human rights"-@DrTedros #COVID19 #coronavirus
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"WHO’s mandate is public health. But we’re working with many partners across all sectors to mitigate the social and economic consequences of this #COVID19 pandemic"-@DrTedros #coronavirus
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"This is not just a public health crisis, it is a crisis that will touch every sector – so every sector and every individual must be involved in the fight"-@DrTedros #COVID19 #coronavirus
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"I have said from the beginning that countries must take a whole-of-government, whole-of-society approach, built around a comprehensive strategy to prevent infections, save lives and minimize impact"-@DrTedros #COVID19 #coronavirus
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"Let me summarize it in 4⃣ key areas.
1⃣ Prepare and be ready.
2⃣ Detect, protect and treat.
3⃣ Reduce transmission.
4⃣ Innovate and learn"-@DrTedros #COVID19 #coronavirus
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"I remind all countries that we are calling on you to (1):
-activate & scale up your emergency response mechanisms
-communicate with your people about the risks & how they can protect themselves
-find, isolate, test & treat every #COVID19 case & trace every contact"-@DrTedros
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"I remind all countries that we are calling on you to (2):
-ready your hospitals
-protect and train your #healthworkers
-let’s all look out for each other"-@DrTedros #COVID19 #coronavirus
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"There’s been so much attention on one word.
Let me give you some other words that matter much more, & that are much more actionable:
Prevention.
Preparedness.
Public health.
Political leadership.
And most of all, People"-@DrTedros #COVID19 #coronavirus
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"We’re in this together, to do the right things with calm and protect the citizens of the world. It’s doable"-@DrTedros #COVID19 #coronavirus
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The full briefing on #COVID19 by @DrTedros 👉 http://bit.ly/3cPxUSL
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WHO interim guidance on critical preparedness, readiness and response actions for #COVID19
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