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April 24, 2020A "historic collaboration" to accelerate the development, production and fair distribution of the vaccine and coronavirus therapies was launched today by the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, by the WHO director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , and French President Emmanuel Macron.

"I am particularly grateful to President Emmanuel Macron, to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and to Bill and Melinda Gates for their leadership and support," said the WHO Director-General also thanking the other world leaders who gave their support for the initiative. "Since January, WHO has been working with thousands of researchers around the world to accelerate the development of a vaccine. United we will win the coronavirus," he said.

"This initiative is the largest medical-scientific collaboration in history," said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres presenting the project launched by the United Nations and WHO to accelerate the production of a coronavirus vaccine. "In an interconnected world like ours, nobody is safe if not everyone is safe," stressed French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the virtual press conference.

"Together with the other world partners, I share the desire to send the message of hope that together we can defeat the virus and I hope that we will soon be able to return to our normal life." Ursula von der Leyen , President of the European Commission said so , recalling that a donor conference will be organized on 4 May and adding. "We too are ready to respond and hope to raise € 7.5 billion for prevention, diagnosis and treatment, but it is only a first step." The president of the EU Commission then stressed that "to defeat the coronavirus we must develop a vaccine, produce it and spread it everywhere in the world at affordable prices". Then the invitation to all governments, business leaders, artists, citizens to help us create a united front against coronavirus ". Von der Leyen finally reiterated that" the EU will use all the means at its disposal, because united we will do the history with a global response to a global pandemic.

"" It would be inexplicable and unforgivable if the "Covid-19" vaccine were accessible only in the country in which it was found. When we win this battle we will have to make it available as quickly as possible for all populations. "So French President Emmanuel Macron on the occasion of the launch of the global initiative against coronavirus organized by WHO. Macron has indicated four fundamental pillars to carry out the actions against the virus: support for health systems, tests and diagnosis, access to treatment, vaccines. "We will continue to mobilize all the G7 and G20 countries to support the initiative," he continued, asking for "no division" in carrying on the battle against the virus.

"Italy has been at the forefront of this battle from the beginning. We learned on our own skin that the virus knows no boundaries. "Premier Giuseppe Conte said at the virtual press conference for the presentation of a UN-WHO initiative to accelerate the development of a coronavirus vaccine." We are proud to part of this alliance and I would like to dedicate the project to those who have lost their lives and to our heroes, doctors and doctors. Their effort will not be in vain, "adds the premier.