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| Monday 19 April, 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 19 April that featured special guests: - Greta Thunberg, climate and environmental activist
- Elahi Rawshan, Bangladesh, volunteer, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, supporting young people in Bangladesh
- Daisy Moran, USA, Global Youth Mobilization Youth Board member; World YMCA representative
https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/director-generals-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19-19-april-2021 - Last week, new cases of COVID-19 increased for the eighth week in a row, with more than 5.2 million cases reported - the most in a single week so far. Deaths rose for the fifth straight week, and more than 3 million deaths have now been reported to WHO.
- Today the Emergency Committee gave me its advice on vaccines, variants, international travel and other issues. Its full statement is available on our website.
- Greta Thunberg has become the powerful voice of a younger generation demanding climate action. Today, Greta has announced a donation of 100 000 Euros from the Greta Thunberg Foundation, to the WHO Foundation in support of COVAX to provide vaccines to people in need.
- WHO is committed to ensuring that the global recovery from COVID-19 includes the voices, energy and ideas of young people. To do that, we have partnered with an alliance of the six largest youth development organisations in the world to form the Global Youth Mobilization, to empower young people to respond to the challenges created by the pandemic in their local communities.
Media briefing audio file (length 1hr 06 mins):
http://terrance.who.int/mediacentre/presser/WHO-AUDIO_Emergencies_Coronavirus_Press_Conference_19APR2021.mp3 News edit: (length: 05mins47)
https://who.canto.global/b/MVDP2 Media assets and information on COVID-19
https://who.canto.global/v/coronavirus RELATED LINKS · Greta Thunberg, climate and environment activist, joins World Health Organization’s call for vaccine equity · WHO-backed global youth mobilization funds young people's ideas to combat impact of COVID-19 pandemic · Statement on the seventh meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic  |
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