The Executive Director of the WHO'S Health Emergencies Programme, Dr Mike Ryan, has called for global solidarity to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
Irishman Dr Mike Ryan told RTÉ Radio 1's Today with Sean O'Rourke that the centres of the epidemic are now in Europe, the US and Iran.
He pointed out that in Singapore, where the outbreak was initially contained quickly, the vast majority of cases lately have not been local, but imported, and the situation is now similar in China, where restrictions are being eased.
Dr Ryan described the situation as "very asymmetric" pointing out that there are only around 1,500 cases in Africa. He said that while there is likely to be under-detection and under-reporting in Africa, every country there has been