1/"This virus is controllable" in the US - @CNN
#COVID19 in the 🇺🇸 can be “overturned," Dr @mvankerkhove, technical lead for the @WHO's coronavirus response, told @CNN’s @drsanjaygupta on Friday.
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2/“I think it's important that we express concern when there's concern, but I do think it's also important to express some hope, because with this particular pandemic and this virus – this virus is controllable,” Van Kerkhove said.
3/ ...
Van Kerkhove said she knows there is frustration about how long it takes to defeat the virus, and that some places aren’t seeing case numbers go down – but that it is important to keep perspective that it can change.
4/“I've had people call me and say, could you please stop saying” the virus can be defeated, since it’s not under control where live, @mvankerkhove said
5/ “And what I say to them is, we have seen it over and over and over again, demonstrated over and over and over again, that it can be,” @mvankerkhove said.
6/ “And so that's why we keep encouraging people to do so and laying out the tools – not just saying you can do it, but laying out the tools. And in the 🇺🇸, this can be overturned … you can overcome this and you will. And I know you will.”
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