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August 05, 2020

"Thank you very much Roberto Speranza, Minister of Health of Italy, for the interesting phone call and the strong support for the WHO. Your leadership and humility is a source of inspiration for the other countries that are learning and acting on the basis of experience Italian ". The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Twitter.

A two-way videoconference meeting took place yesterday between Minister Speranza and the director general of the WHO during which the point was made on the pandemic situation at Italian and international level.

The measures adopted by Italy have also been taken as examples for the other countries. Speranza stressed that "the months of Covid have shown that only by combining energies can the battle against the virus be won. This is why it is important to make international organizations stronger starting with the WHO".