"TEDROS GHEBREYESUS"

The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus said, "medical masks must be prioritized for health workers on the front lines of the response, adding that the Organization is "concerned that the mass use of medical masks by the general population could exacerbate the shortage of these specialized masks for the people who need them most." WHO

World Health Programme (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that "more than 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 have now been reported to WHO, including more than 50,000 deaths." WHO

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus today said that as the world enters the fourth month since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, he is deeply concerned about the rapid escalation and global spread of infection. WHO

WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus said his message to G20 leaders was threefold: fight to stop the virus “with every resource at our disposal,” unite to confront the pandemic together, and “ignite the industrial might and innovation of the G20 to produce and distribute the tools needed to save lives.” WHO

At a joint virtual press briefing, Secretary-General António Guterres, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Mark Lowcock, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Henrietta Fore and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, launch a $2 billion coordinated global humanitarian response plan, to fight COVID-19 in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries in a bid to protect the millions most at risk.

To confront the unprecedented worldwide challenge posed by the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, top UN officials on Wednesday, launched a massive humanitarian appeal to mitigate its impact, particularly on fragile countries with weak health systems. UNIFEED

“The last thing any country needs is to open schools and businesses only to be forced to close them again because of a resurgence,” WHO’s chief Dr Tedros said at a press conference Wednesday, calling on all countries “who have introduced so called lockdown measures, to use this time to attack the virus.” WHO

“We continue to hear alarming reports from around the world of large numbers of infections among health workers,” WHO's chief, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, told reporters in Geneva, adding in “If we don't prioritize protecting health workers, many people will die because the health worker who could have saved their lives is sick.” WHO

FIFA, the international governing body of football, and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) by launching a new awareness campaign led by world-renowned footballers, who are calling on all people around the world to follow five key steps to stop the spread of the disease. WHO