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"This Thursday marks six months since WHO declared #COVID19 a public health emergency of international concern"-@DrTedroshttps://twitter.com/WHO/status/1222968733829865477?s=20 …

"This is the sixth time a global health emergency has been declared under the International Health Regulations, but it is easily the most severe"-@DrTedroshttps://twitter.com/WHO/status/1222968733829865477?s=20 …

"Almost 16 million #COVID19 cases have now been reported to WHO, and more than 640,000 deaths. And the pandemic continues to accelerate. In the past 6 weeks, the total number of cases has roughly doubled"-@DrTedros

"When I declared a public health emergency of international concern on the 30th of January – the highest level of alarm under international law – there were less than 100 #COVID19 cases outside of #China, and no deaths"-@DrTedroshttps://twitter.com/WHO/status/1222968472444993542?s=20 …

"As required under the International Health Regulations, I will reconvene the Emergency Committee later this week to re-evaluate the #COVID19 pandemic and advise me accordingly"-@DrTedros

"#COVID19 has changed our world. It has brought people, communities and nations together, and driven them apart. It has shown what humans are capable of – both positively and negatively. We have learned an enormous amount, and we’re still learning"-@DrTedros

"But although our world has changed, the fundamental pillars of the #COVID19 response have not: political leadership, and informing, engaging and listening to communities"-@DrTedros

"And nor have the basic measures needed to suppress transmission and save lives: find, isolate, test and care for cases; and trace and quarantine their contacts"-@DrTedros

"Keep your distance from others, clean your hands, avoid crowded and enclosed areas, and wear a mask where recommended. Where these measures are followed, cases go down. Where they’re not, cases go up"-@DrTedros #COVID19

"Countries & communities that have followed this advice carefully & consistently have done well, either in preventing large-scale outbreaks – like , , , , & the Pacific & Caribbean islands – or in bringing large outbreaks under control – like , , & "-@DrTedros

"These are just a few examples. There are many more. The bottom line is that one of the most fundamental ingredients for stopping this virus is determination, & the willingness to make hard choices to keep ourselves & each other safe"-@DrTedros #COVID19https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1287696289682030592?s=20 …

"Within days of learning of the first #COVID19 cases in #China, we published extensive guidance on how to find, test and treat cases and protect #healthworkers"-@DrTedros https://bit.ly/3jGuTHL 

"And we have formed the ACT Accelerator to speed up the development, production and equitable distribution of #COVID19 vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics"-@DrTedros https://bit.ly/3i6tzx2 

"We've done an incredible amount, but we still have a long, hard road ahead of us. We know that the impacts of the #COVID19 pandemic are felt far beyond the suffering caused by the virus itself. Many essential health services have been disrupted, incl. for #hepatitis"-@DrTedros

"Tomorrow is #WorldHepatitisDay. There are five main strains of the #hepatitis virus. The two most common types, B and C, cause liver damage and liver cancer"-@DrTedros

"An estimated 325 million people globally live with #hepatitis B or C, and each year these viruses kill an estimated 1.3 million people"-@DrTedroshttps://twitter.com/WHO/status/1287699411569713152?s=20 …

"In 2016, #WHA69 adopted the global #hepatitis strategy, setting the world’s first hepatitis elimination targets. The strategy calls for the elimination of viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030 – reducing new infections by 90% & mortality by 65%"-@DrTedros

"Even talking about #hepatitis elimination would have once seemed a fantasy. But new drugs have transformed hepatitis C from a lifelong, deadly disease into one that in most cases can be cured in 12 weeks"-@DrTedros

"Although in many countries the [#hepatitis C] medicines remain expensive and out of reach for many patients"-@DrTedroshttps://twitter.com/WHO/status/1287700184919617539?s=20 …

"Still, many countries are making incredible progress. #Egypt has tested more than 60 million people for #hepatitis C, and linked those who test positive to treatment free of charge"-@DrTedros

"We are also seeing some progress with #hepatitis B elimination, for example in Asia where childhood hepatitis B immunization coverage is high, including the all-important birth dose"-@DrTedros #VaccinesWork

"Today we are celebrating more good news: New research led by WHO and the @LSHTM shows that together we have achieved the global target set in 2000 to reduce the prevalence of #hepatitis B infections in children under 5 years of age to less than 1% by 2020"-@DrTedros

"This landmark achievement means we will dramatically reduce the number of cases of liver cancer and cirrhosis in future generations"-@DrTedroshttps://twitter.com/WHO/status/1287700744724975618?s=20 …

"However, progress is being hampered by low coverage of #hepatitis B vaccine in some regions, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where many children still miss out on the all-important vaccine dose at birth"-@DrTedros #VaccinesWork