LIVE: #UNGA High-Level event on #COVID19 ACT-Accelerator with @DrTedros. #ACTogether pscp.tv/w/ckMlMDI2MTAy…
"Yesterday marked a grim milestone in our shared fight against #COVID19.
1 million people are confirmed to have lost their lives to this new virus. The real number is certainly higher.
Thousands more are fighting for their lives in hospitals all over the 🌍"-@DrTedros
#ACTogether
"Science is giving us solutions, in the form of new #COVID19 tests, therapeutics and – hopefully – a vaccine.
But science and solutions will be ineffective without solidarity"-@DrTedros #ACTogether
"The Access to #COVID19 Tools Accelerator harnesses the power of science and partnerships to develop solutions and deliver them in a spirit of solidarity.
Already the ACT Accelerator has delivered impressive results"-@DrTedros #ACTogether
"Earlier this week we reached agreement to make 120 million new rapid #COVID19 tests available to low- and middle-income countries"-@DrTedros #ACTogether
"We’ve secured courses of #dexamethasone – the only medicine shown to reduce the risk of #COVID19 death so far – for up to 4.5 million patients in lower-income countries"-@DrTedros #ACTogether
"COVAX is supporting the development of 9 #COVID19 vaccines, with more in the pipeline.
We already have 167 countries who will benefit from the COVAX vaccine facility, representing over 70% of the 🌍’s population"-@DrTedros #ACTogether
"All of this has been achieved with USD2.6 billion of start-up funding.
Now it’s time to realise the full power of the ACT-Accelerator.
The current financing gap for the ACT-Accelerator stands at USD35 billion"-@DrTedros #ACTogether #COVID19
"That’s less than 1% of what @g20org governments have already committed to domestic stimulus packages.
To put it another way, it’s roughly equivalent to what the world spends on cigarettes every 2 weeks"-@DrTedros #ACTogether #COVID19
"Fully financing the ACT-Accelerator will help to control the #COVID19 pandemic, restore confidence and stimulate the global recovery.
Frankly, this is not a financial challenge, it’s a test of solidarity"-@DrTedros #ACTogether
"This is a moment for saying no to nationalism & yes to our shared humanity.
The ACT-Accelerator is not delivering merely vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics. It’s delivering something far more important – hope"-@DrTedros #ACTogether #COVID19
"Let’s ACT now; let’s #ACTogether – to stop the #COVID19 pandemic"-@DrTedros
Continue watching #UNGA High-Level event on #COVID19 ACT-Accelerator:
📺 webtv.un.org
#ACTogether
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