Director-General Of WHO Praises Efforts Of Countries Including Pakistan In Covid-19 Crisis
The Twitter account of the World Health Organization (WHO) has tweeted out the views of director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, noting that he is “impressed by the progress being made” by countries including Pakistan.
The tweet quoting the WHO director-general cited the specific measures being taken by countries such as Iran, the UAE and Pakistan. In the case of Pakistan, it mentioned the “commitment to establishing temporary isolation units” as being praiseworthy.
Further, the WHO director-general called on countries to do more, especially in terms of adopting a “whole-government” approach to combating the pandemic. His statement noted: “We call on countries to implement proven public health measures aggressively: detect, test, isolate and care for every case, and trace and quarantine every contact.”
“We’ve been impressed by the progress being made:
-the active outreach to almost 70M people in ?? through the national campaign
-the rapid scaling up of testing in ??
-the commitment to establishing temporary isolation units in ??
-the use of polio assets in ?? & in ??”-@DrTedros— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) April 22, 2020
“Protecting #healthworkers is one of the most important responsibilities of the health system.
It’s vital to protect ?⚕️?⚕️, esp those who work in conflict-affected areas. To do that, we must ensure they have the tools they need to do their jobs safely & effectively”-@DrTedros— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) April 22, 2020
“We are coordinating a vast range of research endeavours, including the Solidarity Trial, which is investigating different therapeutic options for the treatment of #COVID19“-@DrTedros
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) April 22, 2020
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