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WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the Mission briefing on COVID-19 - 19 March 2020

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I will start by updating you on the numbers. We’re now up to more than 200,000 cases of COVID-19, and more than 8,000 deaths.

For the first time, China has reported no domestic cases – an amazing achievement. We’re working to support countries in many ways, as you know.

We have shipped PPE to 68 countries, and we have shipped 1.5 million diagnostic kits to 120 countries. We have a list of agreed suppliers in China now, and they have permission to export to WHO.

We’re now finalizing the arrangements. We’ve identified producers with over-capacity, we’re finalizing specifications, and coordinating shipments so we can refill our warehouse to ship PPE to whoever needs it most.

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