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| Monday, 12 July, 2021 POST-PRESSER LINKS Please find enclosed the link of the WHO Director-General's statement as well as other materials from the COVID-19 updates press conference on 12 July: WHO DG opening remarks - Last week marked the fourth consecutive week of increasing cases of COVID-19 globally, with increases recorded in all but one of WHO’s six regions. And after 10 weeks of declines, deaths are increasing again.
- The Delta variant is ripping around the world at a scorching pace, driving a new spike in cases and deaths. Delta is now in more than 104 countries and we expect it to soon be the dominant COVID-19 strain circulating worldwide.
- The global gap in vaccine supply is hugely uneven and inequitable. Over the weekend, the G20 finance ministers recognized the importance of funding the ACT Accelerator so that the world can ensure tests, treatments and vaccines are distributed equitably and I hope this translates quickly to filling the $16 billion funding gap.
- AstraZeneca has led on licensing their vaccines around the world to increase vaccine capacity quickly. As well as Europe, India and South Korea, I am pleased to announce two more manufacturing sites, in Japan and Australia, which have now received a WHO Emergency Use Listing, bringing AstraZeneca’s EUL’s to five. We need other manufacturers to follow this example.
Media briefing audio file (1hr12mins):
https://who.canto.global/b/KRQI2 Audio web link:
https://terrance.who.int/mediacentre/presser/WHO-AUDIO_Emergencies_Coronavirus_Press_Conference_12JUL2021.mp3 Full video file (1hr12mins):
https://who.canto.global/b/VU3HL Video news edit (05mins56secs)
https://who.canto.global/b/M48P5
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