Thread by @WHO

Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros pscp.tv/w/c16qfzI2MTAy…

"Earlier today, the government of the #DRC🇨🇩 announced the end of the most recent #Ebola outbreak, three months after the first case was reported in North Kivu.
I congratulate the govt, health workers, communities & all WHO staff who were involved in the response."-@DrTedros

https://twitter.com/WHOAFRO/status/1389169792674840576

“This has only been possible thanks to a concerted, comprehensive and consistent approach, using vaccines and therapeutics alongside proven public health measures, with empowered and engaged communities.”-@DrTedros

#Ebola #DRC🇨🇩

https://twitter.com/who/status/1389221781773463553

“#COVID19 is a very different disease, but the approach is the same.
The absence of any one of these key measures presents a weakness that this virus will exploit, as we are seeing all over the world.”-@DrTedros

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"More cases of #COVID19 have been reported globally in the past two weeks than during the first six months of the pandemic."-@DrTedros

"#India🇮🇳 and #Brazil🇧🇷 account for more than half of last week’s #COVID19 cases, but there are many other countries all over the world that face a very fragile situation"-@DrTedros

"In #India🇮🇳, WHO is providing critical equipment and supplies including oxygen concentrators, lab supplies and mobile field hospitals."-@DrTedros
#COVID19

“We’re also providing advice for people on how to provide care at home for families that are unable to find a hospital bed.
For #COVID19 patient with severe or critical disease, WHO recommends treatment with dexamethasone.”-@DrTedros

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"WHO and @thewhof are raising funds to support the need for oxygen and related supplies globally."-@DrTedros

#COVID19

"We call on everyone to continue to follow WHO & national advice on keeping safe:
📏maintain physical distance, avoid crowds
😷wear a well-fitted mask that covers the nose and mouth properly
🪟 open windows
🤧 cover coughs and sneezes
🙌🏼 clean your hands"
-@DrTedros
#COVID19

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1388747102998745088

"What is happening in #India🇮🇳 and #Brazil🇧🇷 could happen elsewhere unless we all take these public health precautions that WHO has been calling for since the beginning of the #COVID19 pandemic.
Vaccines are part of the answer, but they are not the only answer."-@DrTedros

"On Friday, WHO gave Emergency Use Listing to Moderna’s #COVID19 vaccine, making it the fifth to receive WHO validation."-@DrTedros

“Emergency Use Listing is one prerequisite for #COVID19 vaccines to be purchased and supplied through COVAX. It also allows countries to expedite their own regulatory approval and to import and administer a vaccine.”-@DrTedros

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"We’re pleased to note that @gavi has signed an agreement with Moderna for 500 million doses of #COVID19 vaccine on behalf of #COVAX"-@DrTedros

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"This morning I met with Sweden’s Minister for Development Coordination, Per Olsson Fridh @thinkper, who informed me that #Sweden🇸🇪 will donate 1 million doses of AstraZeneca #COVID19 vaccines to #COVAX."-@DrTedros

https://twitter.com/drtedros/status/1389194640201588736

“Tack så mycket, #Sweden🇸🇪, for this donation, which follows similar donations by #France🇫🇷, #NewZealand🇳🇿 and #Norway🇳🇴, with positive signs from some other countries.”-@DrTedros
#COVID19

https://twitter.com/thinkper/status/1389114493687504899

“We call on other countries to follow the example these countries have set, and donate through #COVAX to help accelerate equitable distribution and access.”-@DrTedros
#COVID19

https://twitter.com/who/status/1389229307168534540

"#COVAX has now shipped almost 50 million doses of #COVID19 vaccine to 121 countries and economies, but we continue to face severe supply constraints.
Solving this dilemma demands courageous leadership from the world’s largest economies."-@DrTedros

"Next month, leaders from the #G7 countries will gather for what may be the most significant meeting in its history.
The G7 countries are the world’s economic and political leaders. They are also home to many of the world’s vaccine producers."-@DrTedros #COVID19

“We will only solve the #COVID19 vaccine crisis with the leadership of these countries.”-@DrTedros

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"The Access to #COVID19 Tools Accelerator @ACTAccelerator currently faces a funding gap of USD19 billion, and we estimate that we will need a further USD35 to 45 billion next year to vaccinate most adults around the world."-@DrTedros

"The #G7 countries could mobilize a substantial portion of these funds themselves, and lead a global effort to accelerate #COVID19 vaccination around the world."-@DrTedros

"We face a shared threat that we can only overcome with shared solutions:
💵 Sharing financial resources;
💉 Sharing vaccine doses and production capacity;
🔬 Sharing technology, know-how and waiving intellectual property."-@DrTedros

"Today it’s my great honour to be joined by @GordonBrown, the former Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom."-@DrTedros

"As Prime Minister, @GordonBrown hosted the #G20 Summit in 2009, when under his leadership the G20 countries committed to making an additional USD1.1 trillion available to alleviate the most acute economic crisis since the Great Depression."-@DrTedros

“We now face an even more severe crisis, and we need the same kind of leadership.
Gordon, thank you so much for your leadership, and thank you for joining us today. You have the floor.”-@DrTedros
#COVID19

https://twitter.com/who/status/1389231648403824640

"Thank you Gordon, and thank you once again for your clear and powerful call to world leaders."-@DrTedros

"Finally, I would like to recognize three important days that we are observing this week.
First, today is #WorldPressFreedomDay.
WHO values the role of a free and fair press in informing the public and in holding governments and institutions accountable."-@DrTedros

"Second, Wednesday marks World #HandHygiene Day, a reminder that clean hands save lives."-@DrTedros

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"Third, Wednesday also marks the International Day of the #Midwife, an opportunity to celebrate the vital role that midwives play every day of every year, and especially during the past year."-@DrTedros