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September 20, 2020 "Despite having raised the alarm, many countries did not take it seriously. They did not have the central position of the health system: they did not understand that there could be repercussions. The failure of the health system can have a influence from a political and economic point of view ".

This was stated by the director general of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking on the video link for the "Cortile di Francesco", underway in Assisi.




Countries that have had to do with Sars have responded better "


"Countries that have already had problems with the SARS pandemic have responded better. What we can say is that the rest of the world has not taken the situation seriously, compared to countries that already had an experience of this type. it is a lack of previous memory ", said the WHO director general.



Vaccine is available to all


Those who have the resources may have access to the vaccine, on the contrary those who have no resources may not benefit from it.

WHO is working to ensure that the vaccine is administered to all countries.

If we don't do this, the world won't be able to recover quickly.

It is important for the whole world to come together "he stresses

Ghebreyesus.

And he added: "We need to understand if the world is working in solidarity. Unfortunately the answer is 'no'. This is why the virus is progressing. The great powers are not following their role as leaders, there is a division. virus is taking advantage of this opportunity. My concern is that this will continue. "



Second wave?

It's up to us


The second wave could happen, but it may not: it's all in our hands.

We must avoid mass gatherings, in discos and places of worship.

The elderly and those who already have previous illnesses must be protected.

We must continue to do the tests: by doing all this the second wave could be avoided. " 



Covid-19 was unknown at first, contradictions never made


" At first we were not able to say much about Covid-19, because it was a virus unknown.

Also in other areas there was a lot of consistency: we warned that there would be the possibility of transmission between human beings.

There was never a contradiction on our part, we just knew less in the initial phase. " 


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- World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) September 20, 2020