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WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 7 September 2020
When the next pandemic comes, the world must be ready. Part of every country’s commitment to build back better must therefore be to invest in public health, as an investment in a healthier and safer future.There are many examples of countries that have done exactly that. Many of these countries have done well because they learned lessons from previous outbreaks of SARS, MERS, measles, polio, Ebola, flu and other diseases. Tomorrow, the Review Committee of the International Health Regulations will begin its work to evaluate the functioning of the IHR during the pandemic so far, and recommend any changes it believes are necessary.