Daily media briefing on #2019nCoV with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pscp.tv/w/cRK5ujI2MTAy…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 'Although the world is now focused on #2019nCoV , we cannot and must not forget #Ebola in #DRC .

We are very encouraged by the current trend. There have only been 3 cases in the past week, and no cases in the past 3 days'-Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 'But until we have no #Ebola cases for 42 days, it's not over. Any single case could re-ignite the epidemic, and the security situation in eastern #DRC remains extremely fragile'-Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 'We are still in full response mode. Just yesterday, 5400 alerts were investigated, almost 300 samples were analyzed, more than 700 people were vaccinated almost and 2000 contacts were followed. We are still in full response mode'-Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus #Ebola #DRC

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 'Tomorrow, the Emergency Committee will meet to assess whether the #Ebola outbreak in #DRC continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern'-Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 'Regardless of their recommendation, the world needs to continue to fund the #Ebola response. Taking our foot off the accelerator now could be a fatal mistake – quite literally'-Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 'On Thursday I will travel to Kinshasa, #DRC for meetings with the President and other senior ministers to look beyond #Ebola , and sketch out ways to strengthen DRC’s health system'-Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus #HealthForAll

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus 🚨 BREAKING 🚨

'We now have a name for the #2019nCoV disease:

COVID-19.

I’ll spell it: C-O-V-I-D hyphen one nine – COVID-19'

-Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus #COVID19