Good morning. Excellencies, colleagues and friends. It’s hard to believe that only 50 days ago, WHO’s country office was notified of a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan city.

In just seven weeks, this outbreak has captured the world’s attention, and rightly so, because it has the potential to cause severe political, social and economic upheaval.

WHO, as you know, declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern less than a month after the first reported cases, after we started to see signs of human-to-human transmission outside China.

As of 6am Geneva time this morning, China has reported 74,279 cases to WHO, including 2006 deaths. Outside China, there are now 918 cases in 25 countries, with three deaths.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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