Opening statement, COVID-19 Press Conference, 24 September 2020
(World News Egypt)

Submitted by elombatd@who.inton Thu, 24/09/2020 - 12:16 Remarks by WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti Good morning and good afternoon to all our journalist colleagues and thank you for joining us for this press conference. I am very pleased to be joined by colleagues - from the University of Edinburgh, Professor Mutapi and Professor Woolhouse and also by Dr Sam Okuonzi, who is an infectious disease epidemiologist and on the Hospital Management Board at Arua Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda - essentially to consider in this conversation the COVID-19 numbers and the response in Africa and what this tell us. Interpreting the situation in the Region is quite complex, and...