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| Monday 22 February, 2021 Please find enclosed the link of the WHO Director-General's statement as well as other materials from the COVID-19 media briefing on 22 February that featured special guests: - Professor Lee Bollinger, President, Columbia University
- Dr Tony Fauci, Director, U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Dr Nancy Messonier, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19-22-february-2021 - I am deeply saddened and extremely concerned by the attack today on a humanitarian convoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which left three people dead, including the Italian Ambassador to that country.
- On Friday, leaders from several G7 countries and the European Union committed 4.3 billion U.S. dollars in new funding to finance the equitable distribution of vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics for COVID-19.
- The G7 countries have shown leadership, but we need all countries to step up. We still face a gap of at least 22.9 billion dollars to fully finance the ACT Accelerator this year.
- Money is not the only challenge we face. If there are no vaccines to buy, money is irrelevant. Even if we have the funds, we can only deliver vaccines to poorer countries if high-income countries cooperate in respecting the deals COVAX has done, and the new deals it is doing.
Media briefing audio link (Length 51mins):
https://terrance.who.int/mediacentre/presser/WHO-AUDIO_Emergencies_Coronavirus_Press_Conference_22FEB2021.mp3 News edit link (TRT 3mins 46sec):
https://who.canto.global/b/KF1GL Media assets and information on COVID-19
https://who.canto.global/v/coronavirus  |
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