Thread by @WHO

"This [#COVID19] pandemic has made us more aware of our strengths & our vulnerabilities. It has also demonstrated how interconnected we are & how dependent we are on each other for our health as well as out wellbeing."
-🇿🇦 President @CyrilRamaphosa at #WHA74

"At this year World Health Assembly, we are urged to end this [#COVID19] pandemic, prevent the next one and build a healthier, safer and fairer world. This has to be our agenda."
-🇿🇦 President @CyrilRamaphosa at #WHA74

"We need to attend to the huge divide in the provision of #COVID19 vaccines to the people of the world. Millions of people in wealthier nations have been vaccinated while billions of people in poorer countries still wait & are vulnerable to infection"
-🇿🇦@CyrilRamaphosa at #WHA74

"We must increase vaccine production incl. in low & middle income countries. Among other things, we need all countries to support the call for a limited waiver and intellectual property rights as a mechanism to promote rapid, equitable access."
-🇿🇦@CyrilRamaphosa at #WHA74

"We need to build more robust pandemic response systems. We need to give attention to the establishment of a global health council that collaborates with WHO to support regional & natl response mechanisms. We need to invest in our natl health systems"
-🇿🇦@CyrilRamaphosa at #WHA74