Muslims around the world are urged to stick to social distancing guidelines at the start of the fostering month of ramadan. Tinkering with toys irans mr fix it and how hes bringing more than just dulls back to life. And in sports the 1st round of the n. F. L. Draft takes place virtually. The cincinnati bengals. Quarterback well if you choose to do problems like joe burrows big momenta rides in his parents living room. Its a figure that says extraordinary as it is just the amount of emergency money the u. S. Is spending and the economic fallout from the coronavirus nearly 3. 00 trillion dollars when you write that down it looks like this 3 followed by 12 zeros now its reached that number with another stimulus bill thats set to be approved by President Donald Trump the latest relief was agreed to in congress say its the 4th aid package so far and. Its going to support Small Businesses that pandemic has made more than 26000000 americans unemployed in just 5 weeks thats one in 6 jobs gone trump though says the economy will bounce back quickly despite the number of cases and deaths continuing to go up some states like georgia are preparing to reopen their economies later on friday. Economy will start to pick up very substantially as soon as the states get open and thats happening as we speak and its actually very exciting and. People are just its just thrilled to see it because our country has to get back to work they want to get back to work you see that whether its a demonstration or just in talking to people they going to get back to work and theyre going to get back to work very fast or within the space of a few weeks who are leaders have mobilized an astounding amount of emergency relief outside the u. S. The e. U. Has agreed to a huge Recovery Fund it says will raise a trillion dollars of investment theres also a separate short term aid package worth 590000000000. 00 thats going to start being released in june. International Monetary Fund has approved more than 8000000000. 00 in Emergency Assistance to 41. 00 countries its committed to spending up to one trillion dollars the world bank has allocated 240000000000. 00 well the special focus on helping Health Systems and economies in developing countries were going to have more on that story in a moment let me take you live to geneva and a conference by the World Health Organization which is making an announcement about coronavirus lets listen in. World wide. Because we have an increased number of speakers at the launch today the event itself well go beyond 90 minutes probably and therefore our next Virtual Press conference on covered 19 will take place next monday that 27th of april i will give a default immediately to dr tetras who will tell us more about event and introduce guests. Your excellences good morning good afternoon and good evening there could be 19 point to make is an unprecedented Global Crisis that has been met with and president to Global Response research and development have played a central role since january w. Joe has been working with thousands of researchers all over the world to accelerate and track Vaccine Development from developing models to Clinical Trial designs and everything in between we have also developed diagnostics that have been used all over the world. And we are coordinating a global trial on the safety and efficacy of 4 therapeutics against 19 the world needs distills and it needs them fast. Past experience has taught us that even when tools are available they have been not been equally available to all we cannot allow that to happen today doubly sure is proud to be uniting with many partners to launch the axis 19 tools accelerator or the act accelerator this is a landmark collaboration to accelerate the Development Production and equitable distribution of vaccines that you know sticks and therapeutics for 19 out shared commitment is to ensure all people have access to all the tools to divvy to defeat called deed 19 the act accelerated brings together the combined power of several organizations to work with the speed and scale each of us are doing great work but we cannot work alone we are coming together to work in new ways to identify challenges and so lucians together. Im especially grateful to a president a man with a marker on president to assume lavender len and bill and Melinda Gates for their leadership and partnership in call hosting this act accelerator launch we are also grateful for the support of many World Leaders who you will hear from today and i would especially like to tank said andrew witty and looked at him. For our getting to act as a special invoice for the accelerator we are facing a Common Threat which we can only defeat with a common approach i would now like to invite either of course to speak beginning with this excellent c. President in my own oil market on missile a president you have the floor. And you. Thank you. So. What are here getting me to action and therefore a snap list this he said to accelerate or to fight against call that 19 and thats why we are gathered all here together. I would also like to pay tribute. To the Health Care Workers who are fighting against covered. Every single day must pay tribute to them as well as to the researchers that are working around the world to tackle covered 19. 00 either from the Public Sector the private sector we would also like to thank the humanitarian sector those are from the United Nations or from the n. G. O. S that are working on the ground very actively against this virus and i look at something negative consequences together. We. International Health Actors original are going as Asian Civil Society organizations and they are working together there uniting their forces in an Unprecedented Partnership to work effectively against confident 19 around the table we have the World Health Organization who will be at the helm of the cornish and we also have got to you know take the Welcome Trust we have the world bank who are also working with us so we have the bill and Melinda Gates. Private sector actors as well as actors from a pharmaceutical sector they are all gathered together and this is absolutely unprecedented i would just like to speak to certain aspects that are extremely important and its have to be there are 4 pillars that we have to succeed so 1st of all as our collective effectiveness to help with Health Care Systems i he see my friend mr ramos theres a conference we have an opportunity to speak about his role and leadership in south africa already in a previous conference so if we want to defeat this illness we must support all Health Care Systems especially primary Health Care Systems to fight against all pandemics especially covert 19 everything that we will be able to do against covered 1000. 00 will not to be effective if we dont have the support this backing of all of these actors over the w. H. O. And all of the others that are already called it if. We must to construct a bridges between countries and we cannot have any inequalities in our Health Care System so we have to bridge these gaps i think that this. Act will help the most vulnerable and will help the. Health care systems and we will also come to aid of 2 of the most a vulnerable the most deprived in our country and this will also help to reinforce the Health Care Systems this is absolutely indispensable the 2nd pillar of our initiative our diagnostic tests the deadlier joe has already imagined as if you would say god there is this challenge that exists in our country which is to develop a Screening Test to be accessible to all of. In the world especially in countries that are the most fragile the most vulnerable ones so on that particular topic this is something that this initiative will be working on and there is going to be a lot of that knowledge and expertise that will be mobilized especially for example Civil Society organizations so we will be working with the most vulnerable communities on this aspect the 3rd tell there will be access to treatment. There are many of our researchers and Health Care Personnel that are working that are coordinating their efforts in europe and around the world to be able to achieve a treatment so there are multiple ass eyes that are as these that are being developed at the moment are to fight against the action of the virus to react to take action against and from attorney reactions to better resist when there are situations that arise in ers around the world to accelerate these treatments when you develop treatments. So this is absolutely essential for this initiative. The 4th where of course is vaccines. We are waiting for these vaccines and what we are trying to do. It is to be able to make sure that there is less time necessary for the development of this type of a vaccine we are investing in at many Different Solutions to try to develop these types of vaccines we are trying to speed up efforts we are investing with more money with more resources more people are becoming involved we are trying to manufacture this vaccine as quickly as possible for to be as effective as possible. We are also having an effect on that on a space and hearing what i mean is that a vaccine will be developed in a certain country of course not by a certain pharmaceutical group but it will be we need to make sure that it is rendered accessible to all to everybody around the world therefore i think that this initiative that is spearheaded by all of us that. We must make sure that we make sure that theres a boxing is that available to all of our populations around the world to make sure that we come back to our normal lives as soon as possible i know that scientists will be able to tell us about when theres a vaccine will be available with knowing that it is going to be very difficult to ramp up the development of this vaccine some people are saying that perhaps by the end of the year some others are saying 18 months or is a reasonable time right but in any case we need to speed this up and im sure that if we mobilize all our efforts and use all our resources we will be able to do so were going to mobilize all countries of the g 7 the g 20 for them to back Us Initiative i hope that we will be able to rican so this initiative. With the china and the u. S. So i hope that both of these countries will be able to fight against a covered 90 by developing together vaccine there should not be any divisions between countries we need to join forces. On the 4th of may we have a meeting with the European Union to speak about this very clear plan of action where everybody is there united and we are going to be talking about fund raising we hope that we will maintain its collective momentum to fight against future pandemics as well what we are working on now is extremely put we must be successful must unite our forces and my dream is that for the future we are able to capitalize on that energy on that momentum to fight against turkey llosa as malaria hiv and all sorts of other and m. X. s that affected the most of all knowable. And i think that therefore all together we will go a further and we will be able to vanquish this disease and i would like to thank once again dr titus i would like to also take that up and we do thank all members of the private sector and all others to make sure that we Work Together and we fight against and defeat covert 1000 thank you very much for attention. The president of the European Commission you have the floor madam. Grown. And out other cause is the European Commission and i call upon dr or soula wonderland to make a speech dr. Wonderland the president of the European Commission you have the floor madam. Out of sharing this coming today with our partners worldwide to deliver a message of hope hope that we can defeat coronavirus together and that we can go back to our normal lives so we are rather than later and i warmly welcome todays call for a Global Action and we are ready to respond indeed in just 10 days on the 4th of may we will launch a global pledging effort on that day we will also known as next milestones of the Global Campaign this campaign is to kick off an ongoing rolling replenishment they must to rise raise 7500000000 euros to ramp up work on prevention diagnostics and treatment and this is a 1st step only but more will be needed in the future because beating coronavirus really require sustained actions on many fronts we need to develop a vaccine we need to produce it and to blow it in every single corner of the world and make a developed lead affordable prices this vaccine will be our universal common good and i want to invite everyone governments Business Leaders philanthropists artists and citizens to raise awareness about the pledging effort and to help us create a whole night to front against coronavirus European Union will spare no effort to help the world come together against corona virus because united we will make history was a Global Response to the Global Pandemic. Thank you thank you so my dear doctor president bundling. United we will defeat this pandemic this by it is now the next speaker will be the cochair of bill and Melinda GatesFoundation Mrs milind gates you have the floor. Ok i think we have a technical problem we will come back again to bill and Melinda Gates foundation and i will proceed to the next speakers and the next speaker will be his excellence in mr Antonio Guterres secretary general of the United Nations your excellence you have the floor thank you very much this launch brings together World Leaders the private sector scientific and humanitarian actors and other partners to promote else keep the world safe and advance the public good human else is the quintessential warble public goods and today we face a good public enemy like no other in an interconnected world none of us is safe and all of us are safe. Maybe in respects no borders of 19 anywhere is a set of people everywhere. The world needs of Development Production and he quickly will deliver your safe and effective government 19 sex internet bill ticks and they. Are not a vaccine articulates for one country or one digit or one of the worlds but the vaccine addict meant that affordable safe effectively easily administers and universally available for everyone everywhere it was feared could be made in requires the most Massive Public us efforts in history. Data must be shared Production Capacity prepared resources mobilized communities in gauged and politics set asides i know we can do it i dont we can put people 1st these neutrons must be very clear that essentially example of a global probably goes for too long we have and a variant and invested in Global Public goods a Clean EnvironmentCyber Security peace and the list goes on so let this be one vital lesson of this pandemic they need from you watch and see in support of Global Public goods and universal coverage we are in the fight of our lifes we are in need to gather and look at what a bit stronger together thank you. Thank you thank you so much secretary general. Thank you so much for your leadership and now i move to my own continent africa and i would like to invite his excellent c president city and im a former president of the republic of south africa and the chairperson of the African Union your excellence you have the floor. Thank you very much. Dr to take this opportunity to congratulate the World Health Organization and their law in showbiz landmark go could operate should. Brings together. Leaders Health Scientists and their Business Leaders now we should commend to their w. H. O. All d for. Excellence to worship. In defined against cold 19 and also wants to single you out for the leadership that youre providing to address the lying to do with the work that you continue to do and we want to play just support the severe consequences of this pandemic will be experienced by all countries around the world for some time to come. Appreciate the time the launch of this collaboration. Is now more than ever the word means solid honored and cooperation to mobilize and guide all efforts and drive delivering to us. Says to new converts 19. X. Therapeutics a