Worldwide. Who officials talk about coronavirus testing and Vaccine Development as well as response efforts in europe, africa, and the middle east. This is about one hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Delay, first. The welcome, everyone to this regular press conference on covid19. We are today in the executive boardroom of the world health organization. It is basically to give us a little bit more space so we can all follow the good practices of physical distancing. S, and iur regular guest you may leave at some point, but hopefully we will have questions for the other guests. Just to remark that we had some , we had someues meetings just a few hours ago and hopefully this will be sorted and everyone on our list including press releases and all the other communications. We will have an audio file as we always do. You. Ank good morning, good afternoon everybody. Its now more than a month since if it staysf that way, the outbreak will be declared over less than a months time. We would like
Three press conferences we, monday, wednesday and friday. Obvious of which remain flexible and this can change again but for the time being we are looking into monday, wednesday and friday from the same time for your. I will turn to dr. Tedros for his remarks. Thank you. Thank you, and hope you had a very good weekend, like, say good afternoon. First of all, i would like to start with a brief update on the ebola epidemic in the drc. As you know we have two fronts. Its now three weeks since the last case was reported, and a week sinceas the last survivor left the treatment center. It remains fragile. Mortar outbre end of the outbreak. So we continue to provide care for more than 1100 survivors and keeping teams on the ground and elisabeth needed. The outbreak may be ending. But our determination is not. In our commitment to combating the covid19 and as you know over the weekend we crossed hundred thousand reported cases of covid19. It is certainly traveling that so many people in countr
In the days and weeks ahead, we expect to see the number of cases, the number of deaths, and the number of affected countries to climb even higher. W. H. O. Has been assessing this outbreak around the clock, and were deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction. We have therefore made the assessment that covid19 can be characterized as a pandemic. Pandemic is not a word to use lightly. Or carelessly. Its a word that, if misused, can cause unreasonable fear or unjustified acceptance that the fight is over. That the fight is over, leading to unnecessary suffering and death. Describing the situation as a pandemic does not change w. H. O. s assessment of the threat posed by the virus. It doesnt change what w. H. O. Is doing, and it doesnt change what countries should do. We have never before seen a pandemic sparked by a coronavirus. This is the first pandemic caused by a coronavirus. And we have never before seen a pandemic tha
Level of spreading. The who has been assisting the outbreak around aroundtheclock. By thedeeply concerned alarming levels of spread and severity. And the alarming levels of inaction. We have come to the assessments that covid19 can be characterized as a pandemic. That is not a word to use lightly or carelessly. Misused,ord that if can cause unreasonable fear. Acceptance that the fight is over. Leading to unnecessary suffering and death. Describing the situation as a pandemic does not change our assessment of the threat posed by the virus. It does not change what we are doing. And it does not change what countries can do. We have never before seen a pandemic sparked by a coronavirus. This is the first pandemic caused by a coronavirus. Seen a pandemic that can be controlled at the same time. We have been in full response mode since we were notified of the first cases. We have called every day for countries to take urgent and aggressive action. Bell loudng the alarm and clear. Of the case
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