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TRT: 05:18
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 2 NOVEMBER 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE
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FILE - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, exterior WHO Headquarters
2 NOVEMBER 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. Wide shot, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“This week marks two years since the siege of Tigray began. The Afar and Amhara regions are also affected by the conflict, but WHO and our partners have access to those regions and have been able to deliver humanitarian aid. However, the humanitarian situation in Tigray remains catastrophic. As I have said before, the siege of 6 million people by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Since the beginning of the siege, food, medicine, and other basic services have been weaponized. It has now been more than two months since the last humanitarian aid reached Tigray. But even before that, the aid reaching Tigray was a trickle – nowhere near enough to meet the needs.”
4. Med shot, press room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“WHO continues to call for unfettered humanitarian access for the millions of people who are in dire need. And we continue to call on the international community to give the crisis in Tigray the right attention. The only solution to this situation remains peace, and we hope that the talks now taking place in South Africa will lead to a peaceful and enduring resolution.”
6. Med shot, press room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Now to the Ebola outbreak in Uganda. There have now been 130 confirmed cases of Ebola disease, 21 probable cases, 43 confirmed deaths, and 21 probable deaths. Mubende remains the most affected district; however, cases have recently increased in two neighbouring districts, and 17 cases have been confirmed in the capital Kampala.”
8. Med shot, press room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“WHO continues to work closely with the Government of Uganda and partners to respond to the outbreak, and we continue to urge a strengthened global response and increased donor investment. To support the response, WHO yesterday released an additional 5.7 million U.S. dollars from our Contingency Fund for Emergencies, in addition to the 5 million dollars we released previously.”
10. Med shot, press room
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall, Assistant Director-General, Emergency Response, World Health Organization (WHO):
“First of all, I would like to acknowledge the leadership of the Ugandan Government in scaling up the response, and based on the indicator, you can see improvement in contact tracing and clinical management. But as you know, Ebola is very unpredictable, and it is too early to talk about control. We need to make sure that where we have gaps, we fill those gaps.”
12. Med shot, press room
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall, Assistant Director-General, Emergency Response, World Health Organization (WHO):
“If you look at some indicator like the average from onset of symptom in the community to isolation is around five days. We need to make sure that this is reduced. And one other important point is to make sure that we are not missing any probable cases and all actions that need to be taken around probable cases are taken. This will help to control all transmission chance. So positive improvement, positive development, but we need to make sure we continue until we know that all the transmissions are identified and stopped.”
14. Med shot, press room
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Around the world, climate change is fuelling outbreaks of cholera and dengue and increasing the risks of new pathogens emerging with epidemic and pandemic potential. Climate change exacerbates disease and malnutrition, which have a compounding effect. Sick people are more likely to be malnourished, and malnourished people are more likely to get sick and die. The climate crisis is a health crisis.”
16. Med shot, press room
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead COVID-19, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization (WHO):
“There are variations in countries of the different sub-variants that are in circulation, and we have been saying it’s a bit of an alphabet soup at the moment. The bottom line for us, as an organization, is that we need to be in a situation where we can track these. Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 has declined dramatically around the world, which means testing has declined, sequencing has declined, and without the ability to understand what is circulating, to share these viruses, to share the knowledge about these viruses, we are not in a situation to assess them as rapidly and as robustly as we would like. But the Greek lettering system is about the differences within the variants that are emerging.”
18. Med shot, press room
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead COVID-19, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization (WHO):
“TAG-VE just issued a statement last week looking at BQ.1 and XBB, and in the characterization of transmission and severity of immune escape, they are not substantially different from the other sub-variants that are circulating, so we still classify these as Omicron.”
20. Close up, WHO flag
STORYLINE:
The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “the humanitarian situation in Tigray remains catastrophic,” adding that “the siege of 6 million people by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.”
Briefing journalists today (2 Nov) in Geneva, Tedros noted that this week marks two years since the siege of Tigray began.
He said that the Afar and Amhara regions are also affected by the conflict, but WHO and its partners have access to those regions and have been able to deliver humanitarian aid.
“Since the beginning of the siege,” Tedros continued, “food, medicine, and other basic services have been weaponized. It has now been more than two months since the last humanitarian aid reached Tigray. But even before that, the aid reaching Tigray was a trickle – nowhere near enough to meet the needs.”
WHO continues to call for unfettered humanitarian access for the millions of people in dire need.
He added, “we continue to call on the international community to give the crisis in Tigray the right attention.”
Tedros stressed that the only solution to this situation remains peace.
“We hope that the talks now taking place in South Africa will lead to a peaceful and enduring resolution,” he said.
Talking about the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, Tedros said there are now 130 confirmed cases, 21 probable cases, 43 confirmed deaths, and 21 probable deaths.
He added that Mubende remains the most affected district.
However, cases have recently increased in two neighboring districts, and 17 cases have been confirmed in Kampala.
WHO continues to work closely with the Government of Uganda and its partners to respond to the outbreak and urges a strengthened global response and increased donor investment.
To support the response, WHO yesterday released an additional 5.7 million U.S. dollars from our Contingency Fund for Emergencies, in addition to the 5 million dollars we released previously.
Also addressing journalists on Ebola, Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall, Assistant Director-General of WHO’s Emergency Response, acknowledged the Ugandan government's leadership in scaling up the response.
He added, “based on the indicator, you can see improvement in contact tracing and clinical management. But as you know, Ebola is very unpredictable, and it is too early to talk about control. We need to make sure that where we have gaps, we fill those gaps.”
Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall also said, “If you look at some indicator like the average from onset of symptom in the community to isolation is around five days. We need to make sure that this is reduced. And one other important point is to make sure that we are not missing any probable cases and all actions that need to be taken around probable cases are taken. This will help to control all transmission chance. So positive improvement, positive development, but we need to make sure we continue until we know that all the transmissions are identified and stopped.”
On Climate change, Tedros said that it is fueling worldwide outbreaks of cholera and dengue and increasing the risks of new pathogens emerging with epidemic and pandemic potential.
He added that climate change exacerbates disease and malnutrition, which have a compounding effect.
WHO’s chief stated, “Sick people are more likely to be malnourished, and malnourished people are more likely to get sick and die. The climate crisis is a health crisis.”
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s Technical Lead talked to reporters about Covid-19.
She said there are variations in countries of the different sub-variants in circulation.
She explained, ‘We have been saying it’s a bit of an alphabet soup at the moment. The bottom line for us, as an organization, is that we need to be in a situation where we can track these. Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 has declined dramatically around the world, which means testing has declined, sequencing has declined, and without the ability to understand what is circulating, to share these viruses, to share the knowledge about these viruses, we are not in a situation to assess them as rapidly and as robustly as we would like. But the Greek lettering system is about the differences within the variants that are emerging.”
Dr. Van Kerkhove added, “TAG-VE just issued a statement last week looking at BQ.1 and XBB, and in the characterization of transmission and severity of immune escape, they are not substantially different from the other sub-variants that are circulating, so we still classify these as Omicron.”
TRT: 05:18
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 2 NOVEMBER 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE
SHOTLIST:
FILE - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, exterior WHO Headquarters
2 NOVEMBER 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. Wide shot, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“This week marks two years since the siege of Tigray began. The Afar and Amhara regions are also affected by the conflict, but WHO and our partners have access to those regions and have been able to deliver humanitarian aid. However, the humanitarian situation in Tigray remains catastrophic. As I have said before, the siege of 6 million people by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Since the beginning of the siege, food, medicine, and other basic services have been weaponized. It has now been more than two months since the last humanitarian aid reached Tigray. But even before that, the aid reaching Tigray was a trickle – nowhere near enough to meet the needs.”
4. Med shot, press room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“WHO continues to call for unfettered humanitarian access for the millions of people who are in dire need. And we continue to call on the international community to give the crisis in Tigray the right attention. The only solution to this situation remains peace, and we hope that the talks now taking place in South Africa will lead to a peaceful and enduring resolution.”
6. Med shot, press room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Now to the Ebola outbreak in Uganda. There have now been 130 confirmed cases of Ebola disease, 21 probable cases, 43 confirmed deaths, and 21 probable deaths. Mubende remains the most affected district; however, cases have recently increased in two neighbouring districts, and 17 cases have been confirmed in the capital Kampala.”
8. Med shot, press room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“WHO continues to work closely with the Government of Uganda and partners to respond to the outbreak, and we continue to urge a strengthened global response and increased donor investment. To support the response, WHO yesterday released an additional 5.7 million U.S. dollars from our Contingency Fund for Emergencies, in addition to the 5 million dollars we released previously.”
10. Med shot, press room
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall, Assistant Director-General, Emergency Response, World Health Organization (WHO):
“First of all, I would like to acknowledge the leadership of the Ugandan Government in scaling up the response, and based on the indicator, you can see improvement in contact tracing and clinical management. But as you know, Ebola is very unpredictable, and it is too early to talk about control. We need to make sure that where we have gaps, we fill those gaps.”
12. Med shot, press room
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall, Assistant Director-General, Emergency Response, World Health Organization (WHO):
“If you look at some indicator like the average from onset of symptom in the community to isolation is around five days. We need to make sure that this is reduced. And one other important point is to make sure that we are not missing any probable cases and all actions that need to be taken around probable cases are taken. This will help to control all transmission chance. So positive improvement, positive development, but we need to make sure we continue until we know that all the transmissions are identified and stopped.”
14. Med shot, press room
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Around the world, climate change is fuelling outbreaks of cholera and dengue and increasing the risks of new pathogens emerging with epidemic and pandemic potential. Climate change exacerbates disease and malnutrition, which have a compounding effect. Sick people are more likely to be malnourished, and malnourished people are more likely to get sick and die. The climate crisis is a health crisis.”
16. Med shot, press room
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead COVID-19, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization (WHO):
“There are variations in countries of the different sub-variants that are in circulation, and we have been saying it’s a bit of an alphabet soup at the moment. The bottom line for us, as an organization, is that we need to be in a situation where we can track these. Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 has declined dramatically around the world, which means testing has declined, sequencing has declined, and without the ability to understand what is circulating, to share these viruses, to share the knowledge about these viruses, we are not in a situation to assess them as rapidly and as robustly as we would like. But the Greek lettering system is about the differences within the variants that are emerging.”
18. Med shot, press room
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead COVID-19, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization (WHO):
“TAG-VE just issued a statement last week looking at BQ.1 and XBB, and in the characterization of transmission and severity of immune escape, they are not substantially different from the other sub-variants that are circulating, so we still classify these as Omicron.”
20. Close up, WHO flag
STORYLINE:
The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “the humanitarian situation in Tigray remains catastrophic,” adding that “the siege of 6 million people by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.”
Briefing journalists today (2 Nov) in Geneva, Tedros noted that this week marks two years since the siege of Tigray began.
He said that the Afar and Amhara regions are also affected by the conflict, but WHO and its partners have access to those regions and have been able to deliver humanitarian aid.
“Since the beginning of the siege,” Tedros continued, “food, medicine, and other basic services have been weaponized. It has now been more than two months since the last humanitarian aid reached Tigray. But even before that, the aid reaching Tigray was a trickle – nowhere near enough to meet the needs.”
WHO continues to call for unfettered humanitarian access for the millions of people in dire need.
He added, “we continue to call on the international community to give the crisis in Tigray the right attention.”
Tedros stressed that the only solution to this situation remains peace.
“We hope that the talks now taking place in South Africa will lead to a peaceful and enduring resolution,” he said.
Talking about the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, Tedros said there are now 130 confirmed cases, 21 probable cases, 43 confirmed deaths, and 21 probable deaths.
He added that Mubende remains the most affected district.
However, cases have recently increased in two neighboring districts, and 17 cases have been confirmed in Kampala.
WHO continues to work closely with the Government of Uganda and its partners to respond to the outbreak and urges a strengthened global response and increased donor investment.
To support the response, WHO yesterday released an additional 5.7 million U.S. dollars from our Contingency Fund for Emergencies, in addition to the 5 million dollars we released previously.
Also addressing journalists on Ebola, Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall, Assistant Director-General of WHO’s Emergency Response, acknowledged the Ugandan government's leadership in scaling up the response.
He added, “based on the indicator, you can see improvement in contact tracing and clinical management. But as you know, Ebola is very unpredictable, and it is too early to talk about control. We need to make sure that where we have gaps, we fill those gaps.”
Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall also said, “If you look at some indicator like the average from onset of symptom in the community to isolation is around five days. We need to make sure that this is reduced. And one other important point is to make sure that we are not missing any probable cases and all actions that need to be taken around probable cases are taken. This will help to control all transmission chance. So positive improvement, positive development, but we need to make sure we continue until we know that all the transmissions are identified and stopped.”
On Climate change, Tedros said that it is fueling worldwide outbreaks of cholera and dengue and increasing the risks of new pathogens emerging with epidemic and pandemic potential.
He added that climate change exacerbates disease and malnutrition, which have a compounding effect.
WHO’s chief stated, “Sick people are more likely to be malnourished, and malnourished people are more likely to get sick and die. The climate crisis is a health crisis.”
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s Technical Lead talked to reporters about Covid-19.
She said there are variations in countries of the different sub-variants in circulation.
She explained, ‘We have been saying it’s a bit of an alphabet soup at the moment. The bottom line for us, as an organization, is that we need to be in a situation where we can track these. Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 has declined dramatically around the world, which means testing has declined, sequencing has declined, and without the ability to understand what is circulating, to share these viruses, to share the knowledge about these viruses, we are not in a situation to assess them as rapidly and as robustly as we would like. But the Greek lettering system is about the differences within the variants that are emerging.”
Dr. Van Kerkhove added, “TAG-VE just issued a statement last week looking at BQ.1 and XBB, and in the characterization of transmission and severity of immune escape, they are not substantially different from the other sub-variants that are circulating, so we still classify these as Omicron.”
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