Good morning, good afternoon and good evening.First of all, I’d like to welcome all Hindi-speaking journalists, and we look forward to your questions.
In total, WHO press conferences are now available in 8 languages – all six United Nations languages, plus Portuguese and Hindi, plus closed captions for people with hearing loss.
More than 3.5 million cases of COVID-19 and almost 250,000 deaths have now been reported to WHO. Since the beginning of April, an average of around 80,000 new cases have been reported to WHO every day.
But these are not just numbers – every single case is a mother, a father, a son, a daughter, a brother, sister or friend. Although the number of cases reported from Western Europe is declining, more cases are being