WHO / HEALTH EMERGENCIES
12-Oct-2022
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Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief told journalists in Geneva that there are now 54 confirmed and 20 probable cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Uganda, with 39 deaths, and 14 people that have recovered. WHO
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DATELINE: 10 OCTOBER 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE
TRT: 05:47
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 10 OCTOBER 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE
SHOTLIST
FILE - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, exterior WHO Headquarters
10 OCTOBER 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. Wide shot, press conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
" First to Uganda, where WHO is continuing to support the government to respond to an outbreak of Ebola disease in five districts. So far, there are 54 confirmed and 20 probable cases, with 39 deaths, and 14 people have recovered. More than 660 contacts are currently under active follow-up. Our primary focus now is to support the Government of Uganda to rapidly control and contain this outbreak, to stop it spreading to neighbouring districts, and neighbouring countries."
4. Wide shot, press conference
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Michael Ryan, Executive Director, Health Emergencies Programme World Health Organization (WHO):
“We need to be able to reach all communities. And the government are trying really hard with that. Our colleagues in UNICEF and the Red Cross movement are working with us on that.”
6. Wide shot, press conference
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Michael Ryan, Executive Director, Health Emergencies Programme World Health Organization (WHO):
“But like in any situation, we need to really commit to the concept of true community engagement, which is a two-way conversation, a two-way process. Not a one-way process and I believe that is really starting to happen.”
8. Wide shot, press conference
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
"Now to Haiti, where we are deeply concerned about the outbreak of cholera in the capital Port au Prince and surrounding areas. According to the Ministry of Public Health and Population, as of last Saturday there were 224 suspected cases of cholera and 16 deaths. One quarter of suspected cases are among children aged under five years. On Sunday, the ministry also confirmed a cholera outbreak in the National Penitentiary of Port-au-Prince, with 39 suspected cases and nine deaths. The situation is evolving rapidly, and it is possible that earlier or additional cases have not been detected. “
10. Wide shot, press conference
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
"The surveillance mechanism set up by the Haitian Government, with the support of WHO and other partners, is operating under extremely difficult circumstances. The affected areas are very insecure and controlled by gangs, which makes it very difficult to collect samples, and delays laboratory confirmation of cases and deaths."
12. Wide shot, press conference
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
"Now to Pakistan. Last week, I said that many more people than died in the floods could die from disease in the coming weeks and months. There is now a malaria outbreak in 32 districts, while the incidence of cholera, dengue, measles and diphtheria is also increasing in flood-affected districts. We expect the situation to continue to deteriorate. But so far, international support has not been at the scale or speed needed. Trillions of dollars are being poured into fighting wars around the world. We continue to ask international donors to invest in saving lives in Pakistan. "
14. Wide shot, press conference
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
"Tomorrow, the Emergency Committee on COVID-19 will hold its regular quarterly meeting, in accordance with the International Health Regulations. Clearly, we are in a very different situation now to where we were when the committee recommended that I declare a public health emergency of international concern more than 22 months ago. We have all the tools we need to end the emergency in every country. But the pandemic is not over, and there is much more work to be done. "
16. Wide shot, press conference
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead COVID-19, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization (WHO):
“In the last week alone, we've had more than 3 million reported cases and we know that is an underestimate because surveillance has changed, testing has changed, reporting has changed. So, we don't have a good idea. We don't have a clear picture of how much actually this virus are is circulating around the world. On the other hand, what we are seeing is a reduced impact of SARS-COVID-2 infections in people because of the use of available tools, life-saving tools like diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines.”
18. Wide shot, press conference
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead COVID-19, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization (WHO):
“We haven’t utilised these tools most effectively in all countries around the world. We have not reached the vaccination level coverage in the most at-risk populations, in all countries of the world. If you look at the proportion of the people who have been vaccinated, who are over the age of 60, who have underlying conditions, our frontline workers, we haven’t reached the targets of 100 percent in every country. And that’s due to a lack of access, due to the lack of the implementation of the use of vaccines in countries and many challenges that we face including misinformation and disinformation about these products.”
20. Wide shot, press conference
21. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
"On monkeypox, more than 70,000 cases have now been reported to WHO, with 26 deaths."
22. Wide shot, press conference
23. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“We are continuing to work with countries around the world to increase their testing capacity, and to monitor trends in the outbreak. We are concerned about reports of cases in Sudan, including in refugee camps near the border with Ethiopia. Like COVID-19, monkeypox remains a public health emergency of international concern, and WHO will continue to treat it as such.”
24. Wide shot, press conference
1. Wide shot, exterior WHO Headquarters
10 OCTOBER 2022, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. Wide shot, press conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
" First to Uganda, where WHO is continuing to support the government to respond to an outbreak of Ebola disease in five districts. So far, there are 54 confirmed and 20 probable cases, with 39 deaths, and 14 people have recovered. More than 660 contacts are currently under active follow-up. Our primary focus now is to support the Government of Uganda to rapidly control and contain this outbreak, to stop it spreading to neighbouring districts, and neighbouring countries."
4. Wide shot, press conference
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Michael Ryan, Executive Director, Health Emergencies Programme World Health Organization (WHO):
“We need to be able to reach all communities. And the government are trying really hard with that. Our colleagues in UNICEF and the Red Cross movement are working with us on that.”
6. Wide shot, press conference
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Michael Ryan, Executive Director, Health Emergencies Programme World Health Organization (WHO):
“But like in any situation, we need to really commit to the concept of true community engagement, which is a two-way conversation, a two-way process. Not a one-way process and I believe that is really starting to happen.”
8. Wide shot, press conference
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
"Now to Haiti, where we are deeply concerned about the outbreak of cholera in the capital Port au Prince and surrounding areas. According to the Ministry of Public Health and Population, as of last Saturday there were 224 suspected cases of cholera and 16 deaths. One quarter of suspected cases are among children aged under five years. On Sunday, the ministry also confirmed a cholera outbreak in the National Penitentiary of Port-au-Prince, with 39 suspected cases and nine deaths. The situation is evolving rapidly, and it is possible that earlier or additional cases have not been detected. “
10. Wide shot, press conference
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
"The surveillance mechanism set up by the Haitian Government, with the support of WHO and other partners, is operating under extremely difficult circumstances. The affected areas are very insecure and controlled by gangs, which makes it very difficult to collect samples, and delays laboratory confirmation of cases and deaths."
12. Wide shot, press conference
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
"Now to Pakistan. Last week, I said that many more people than died in the floods could die from disease in the coming weeks and months. There is now a malaria outbreak in 32 districts, while the incidence of cholera, dengue, measles and diphtheria is also increasing in flood-affected districts. We expect the situation to continue to deteriorate. But so far, international support has not been at the scale or speed needed. Trillions of dollars are being poured into fighting wars around the world. We continue to ask international donors to invest in saving lives in Pakistan. "
14. Wide shot, press conference
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
"Tomorrow, the Emergency Committee on COVID-19 will hold its regular quarterly meeting, in accordance with the International Health Regulations. Clearly, we are in a very different situation now to where we were when the committee recommended that I declare a public health emergency of international concern more than 22 months ago. We have all the tools we need to end the emergency in every country. But the pandemic is not over, and there is much more work to be done. "
16. Wide shot, press conference
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead COVID-19, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization (WHO):
“In the last week alone, we've had more than 3 million reported cases and we know that is an underestimate because surveillance has changed, testing has changed, reporting has changed. So, we don't have a good idea. We don't have a clear picture of how much actually this virus are is circulating around the world. On the other hand, what we are seeing is a reduced impact of SARS-COVID-2 infections in people because of the use of available tools, life-saving tools like diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines.”
18. Wide shot, press conference
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Maria Van Kerkhove, Technical Lead COVID-19, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization (WHO):
“We haven’t utilised these tools most effectively in all countries around the world. We have not reached the vaccination level coverage in the most at-risk populations, in all countries of the world. If you look at the proportion of the people who have been vaccinated, who are over the age of 60, who have underlying conditions, our frontline workers, we haven’t reached the targets of 100 percent in every country. And that’s due to a lack of access, due to the lack of the implementation of the use of vaccines in countries and many challenges that we face including misinformation and disinformation about these products.”
20. Wide shot, press conference
21. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
"On monkeypox, more than 70,000 cases have now been reported to WHO, with 26 deaths."
22. Wide shot, press conference
23. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“We are continuing to work with countries around the world to increase their testing capacity, and to monitor trends in the outbreak. We are concerned about reports of cases in Sudan, including in refugee camps near the border with Ethiopia. Like COVID-19, monkeypox remains a public health emergency of international concern, and WHO will continue to treat it as such.”
24. Wide shot, press conference
STORYLINE
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chief today (12 Oct) told journalists in Geneva that there are now 54 confirmed and 20 probable cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Uganda, with 39 deaths, and 14 people that have recovered.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said “more than 660 contacts are currently under active follow-up and the WHO is continuing to support the government to respond to the outbreak.
WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, Executive Director Michael Ryan, said WHO needs “to be able to reach all communities.”
Ryan said, “we need to really commit to the concept of true community engagement, which is a two-way conversation, a two-way process. Not a one-way process and I believe that is really starting to happen.”
Turning to Haiti, Dr Tedros expressed deep concern about the current cholera outbreak in the capital Port au Prince and surrounding areas.
According to the Ministry of Public Health and Population, he said, “as of last Saturday there were 224 suspected cases of cholera and 16 deaths” and “one quarter of suspected cases are among children aged under five years.”
He said on Sunday, “the ministry also confirmed a cholera outbreak in the National Penitentiary of Port-au-Prince, with 39 suspected cases and nine deaths.”
The WHO Chief said, “the situation is evolving rapidly, and it is possible that earlier or additional cases have not been detected. “
He said, “surveillance mechanism set up by the Haitian Government, with the support of WHO and other partners, is operating under extremely difficult circumstances. The affected areas are very insecure and controlled by gangs, which makes it very difficult to collect samples, and delays laboratory confirmation of cases and deaths."
On Pakistan, Dr Tedros said that following the floods, “there is now a malaria outbreak in 32 districts, while the incidence of cholera, dengue, measles and diphtheria is also increasing in flood-affected districts.”
He said he expected the situation “to continue to deteriorate,” but so far, “international support has not been at the scale or speed needed.”
He added that “trillions of dollars are being poured into fighting wars around the world. We continue to ask international donors to invest in saving lives in Pakistan. "
On COVID-19, the Director-General said, “clearly, we are in a very different situation now to where we were when the committee recommended that I declare a public health emergency of international concern more than 22 months ago. We have all the tools we need to end the emergency in every country. But the pandemic is not over, and there is much more work to be done. "
WHO’s COVID-19 Technical Lead Maria Van Kerkhove said, “In the last week alone, we've had more than 3 million reported cases and we know that is an underestimate because surveillance has changed, testing has changed, reporting has changed. So, we don't have a good idea. We don't have a clear picture of how much actually this virus are is circulating around the world. On the other hand, what we are seeing is a reduced impact of SARS-COVID-2 infections in people because of the use of available tools, life-saving tools like diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines.”
Van Kerkhove said, “we haven’t utilised these tools most effectively in all countries around the world. We have not reached the vaccination level coverage in the most at-risk populations, in all countries of the world. If you look at the proportion of the people who have been vaccinated, who are over the age of 60, who have underlying conditions, our frontline workers, we haven’t reached the targets of 100 percent in every country. And that’s due to a lack of access, due to the lack of the implementation of the use of vaccines in countries and many challenges that we face including misinformation and disinformation about these products.”
On monkeypox, Dr Tedros said, “more than 70,000 cases have now been reported to WHO, with 26 deaths."
He said, “we are continuing to work with countries around the world to increase their testing capacity, and to monitor trends in the outbreak. We are concerned about reports of cases in Sudan, including in refugee camps near the border with Ethiopia. Like COVID-19, monkeypox remains a public health emergency of international concern, and WHO will continue to treat it as such.”
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said “more than 660 contacts are currently under active follow-up and the WHO is continuing to support the government to respond to the outbreak.
WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, Executive Director Michael Ryan, said WHO needs “to be able to reach all communities.”
Ryan said, “we need to really commit to the concept of true community engagement, which is a two-way conversation, a two-way process. Not a one-way process and I believe that is really starting to happen.”
Turning to Haiti, Dr Tedros expressed deep concern about the current cholera outbreak in the capital Port au Prince and surrounding areas.
According to the Ministry of Public Health and Population, he said, “as of last Saturday there were 224 suspected cases of cholera and 16 deaths” and “one quarter of suspected cases are among children aged under five years.”
He said on Sunday, “the ministry also confirmed a cholera outbreak in the National Penitentiary of Port-au-Prince, with 39 suspected cases and nine deaths.”
The WHO Chief said, “the situation is evolving rapidly, and it is possible that earlier or additional cases have not been detected. “
He said, “surveillance mechanism set up by the Haitian Government, with the support of WHO and other partners, is operating under extremely difficult circumstances. The affected areas are very insecure and controlled by gangs, which makes it very difficult to collect samples, and delays laboratory confirmation of cases and deaths."
On Pakistan, Dr Tedros said that following the floods, “there is now a malaria outbreak in 32 districts, while the incidence of cholera, dengue, measles and diphtheria is also increasing in flood-affected districts.”
He said he expected the situation “to continue to deteriorate,” but so far, “international support has not been at the scale or speed needed.”
He added that “trillions of dollars are being poured into fighting wars around the world. We continue to ask international donors to invest in saving lives in Pakistan. "
On COVID-19, the Director-General said, “clearly, we are in a very different situation now to where we were when the committee recommended that I declare a public health emergency of international concern more than 22 months ago. We have all the tools we need to end the emergency in every country. But the pandemic is not over, and there is much more work to be done. "
WHO’s COVID-19 Technical Lead Maria Van Kerkhove said, “In the last week alone, we've had more than 3 million reported cases and we know that is an underestimate because surveillance has changed, testing has changed, reporting has changed. So, we don't have a good idea. We don't have a clear picture of how much actually this virus are is circulating around the world. On the other hand, what we are seeing is a reduced impact of SARS-COVID-2 infections in people because of the use of available tools, life-saving tools like diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines.”
Van Kerkhove said, “we haven’t utilised these tools most effectively in all countries around the world. We have not reached the vaccination level coverage in the most at-risk populations, in all countries of the world. If you look at the proportion of the people who have been vaccinated, who are over the age of 60, who have underlying conditions, our frontline workers, we haven’t reached the targets of 100 percent in every country. And that’s due to a lack of access, due to the lack of the implementation of the use of vaccines in countries and many challenges that we face including misinformation and disinformation about these products.”
On monkeypox, Dr Tedros said, “more than 70,000 cases have now been reported to WHO, with 26 deaths."
He said, “we are continuing to work with countries around the world to increase their testing capacity, and to monitor trends in the outbreak. We are concerned about reports of cases in Sudan, including in refugee camps near the border with Ethiopia. Like COVID-19, monkeypox remains a public health emergency of international concern, and WHO will continue to treat it as such.”
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