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"Two years ago, as people gathered for New Year’s Eve celebrations, a new global threat emerged."- @DrTedroshttps://twitter.com/WHO/status/1213795226072109058?s=20 …

"WHO’s health emergency system immediately swung into action, establishing an Incident Management Support Team, to run the emergency response and requesting more information about the reports of a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown origin in Wuhan, China."- @DrTedros

"Although we had little information, we had enough experience and expertise to know that this looked serious."-@DrTedros

"Early on we worked out that beating this new health threat – a new coronavirus potentially capable of spreading quickly around the globe – would require three things."-@DrTedros

"Science to both understand the pathogen and find solutions to beating it, and solidarity to share and deliver those tools wisely and equitably. Science. Solutions. Solidarity."-@DrTedros

"And there were major successes."-@DrTedros

"This includes the rapid development of a comprehensive package of technical guidance on how to ready countries to detect, treat, communicate, and prevent the spread, within two weeks of the first report of the cluster of pneumonia of unknown cause."-@DrTedros

"The sharing of the genome, which triggered the development of [#COVID19] diagnostics within the first three weeks of 2020."-@DrTedroshttps://twitter.com/WHO/status/1216108498188230657?s=20 …

"A multi-organisational supply chain system was quickly set up, which included solidarity flights, that collectively delivered personal protective equipment for health workers and medical and oxygen supplies for patients."-@DrTedros

"WHO quickly convened scientists and researchers in January 2020, and regularly thereafter, to develop a research roadmap for #COVID19 that accelerated the science around the virus and the creation of new health tools."-@DrTedros

"This included global solidarity trials on new [#COVID19] vaccines and treatments to speed up research and development processes."-@DrTedros

"And WHO and partners created @ACTAccelerator in April 2020 to accelerate access to [#COVID19] tests, treatments and vaccines."-@DrTedroshttps://twitter.com/WHO/status/1253670647290445826?s=20 …

"We deployed emergency response teams to support governments in their times of greatest need. Working with clinicians and practitioners around the world, WHO developed a comprehensive living guidance for the clinical management of #COVID19."-@DrTedros

"A common corticoid steroid was found to be effective in cutting the risk of death in those with severe [#COVID19] disease in September 2020."-@DrTedros

"The development of new [#COVID19] vaccines proved so effective at cutting serious disease and death – they represent a scientific masterclass."-@DrTedros

"The increased level of coordination between WHO and Member States is exemplified by more than 3,500 national regulatory authorizations in 144 Member States, following the approval of [#COVID19] vaccines through the WHO Emergency Use Listing."-@DrTedros

"However, while science delivered, politics too often triumphed over solidarity."-@DrTedros

"While there were 1.8 million recorded deaths [from #COVID19] in 2020, there were 3.5 million in 2021 and we know the actual number is much higher."-@DrTedros

"This is not to mention to the millions of people dealing with long-term consequences from the [#COVID19] virus."-@DrTedros

"Populism, narrow nationalism and hoarding of health tools, including masks, therapeutics, diagnostics and [#COVID19] vaccines, by a small number of countries undermined equity, and created the ideal conditions for the emergence of new variants. "-@DrTedros

"Misinformation and disinformation often spread by a small number of people, have been a constant distraction, undermining science and trust in lifesaving [#COVID19] health tools."-@DrTedroshttps://twitter.com/WHO/status/1346039518344974336?s=20 …

"In the huge waves of [#COVID19] cases currently seen in Europe and in many countries around the world, misinformation which has driven vaccine hesitancy is now translating to the unvaccinated disproportionally dying."-@DrTedros

"It is vitally important that the established Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens can develop a pathway for the scientific search of pathogens, including for the origins of SARS-CoV-2. We hope to see progress quickly in the New Year."-@DrTedros

"But, I still remain optimistic that this can be the year we not only end the acute stage of the [#COVID19] pandemic but we also chart a path to stronger health security."-@DrTedros

"Building on the successes and failures we must not only share [#COVID19] vaccines faster and more equitably with #COVAX and AVAT, we must support countries in manufacturing and rolling them out to everyone."-@DrTedroshttps://twitter.com/WHO/status/1283438599015407618?s=20 …

"And access to new treatments must also follow. This virus will continue to evolve and threaten our health systems if we don’t improve the collective response."-@DrTedros

"Right now, Delta and Omicron are twin threats that are driving up cases to record numbers, which again is leading to spikes in [#COVID19] hospitalisations and deaths."-@DrTedros

"I am highly concerned that Omicron being more transmissible, circulating at the same time as Delta - is leading to a tsunami of [#COVID19] cases."-@DrTedros

"This is and will continue to put immense pressure on exhausted health workers and health systems on the brink of collapse and again disrupting lives and livelihoods."-@DrTedros

"The pressure on health systems is not only because of new #COVID19 patients requiring hospitalisation but also a large number of health workers are getting sick themselves."-@DrTedros