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Switzerland-Coronavirus/WHO/Int'l Collaboration
Geneva, Switzerland - April 1, 2020 (WHO - Access All)
1. Various of World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland - April 24, 2020 (WHO - Access All)
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO:
"Past experience has taught us that even when tools are available, they have been not been equally available to all, we cannot allow that to happen."
3. Screen showing UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaking
4. Screen showing European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaking
5. Screen showing French President Emmanuel Macron speaking
6. Screen showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaking
New York City, USA - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Man sitting on bench
8. Various of pedestrians
Madrid, Spain - April 14, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Ambulance moving
10. Various of people wearing masks, buildings
11. People inside subway station
12. Man distributing masks to passengers
Tokyo, Japan - April 21, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
13. Kawakita General Hospital
14. Patient walking into hospital
15. Notice about COVID-19
16. Tents put up for testing
17. Medical workers wheeling patient
18. Various of ambulances
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday launched a landmark international collaboration to accelerate the development of COVID-19 health technologies.
The new collaboration was launched at a virtual event. Addressing the opening of the event, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said WHO is proud to be uniting with many partners to launch the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, or the ACT Accelerator.
By launching the international cooperation, the WHO and its partners aim to ensure all people have access to all the tools to defeat COVID-19, said the WHO chief.
This is a landmark collaboration to accelerate the development, production and equitable distribution of vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics for COVID-19, he said.
"Past experience has taught us that even when tools are available, they have been not been equally available to all, we cannot allow that to happen," said Tedros.
Noting that research and development play a central role, the WHO chief said since January, the UN health body has been working with thousands of researchers all over the world to accelerate and track vaccine development.
A number of global health actors and private sector partners, as well as other stakeholders, joined the new global collaboration. Among them are Global Fund, UNITAID, Wellcome Trust, the World Bank and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also spoke at the virtual event, expressing their support for speeding up relevant technical research and development through international collaboration.
Switzerland-Coronavirus/WHO/Int'l Collaboration
Dateline : April 1/14/21/24, 2020/Recent
Location : Switzerland
Duration : 1'59
Geneva, Switzerland - April 1, 2020 (WHO - Access All)
1. Various of World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland - April 24, 2020 (WHO - Access All)
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO:
"Past experience has taught us that even when tools are available, they have been not been equally available to all, we cannot allow that to happen."
3. Screen showing UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaking
4. Screen showing European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaking
5. Screen showing French President Emmanuel Macron speaking
6. Screen showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaking
New York City, USA - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Man sitting on bench
8. Various of pedestrians
Madrid, Spain - April 14, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Ambulance moving
10. Various of people wearing masks, buildings
11. People inside subway station
12. Man distributing masks to passengers
Tokyo, Japan - April 21, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
13. Kawakita General Hospital
14. Patient walking into hospital
15. Notice about COVID-19
16. Tents put up for testing
17. Medical workers wheeling patient
18. Various of ambulances
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday launched a landmark international collaboration to accelerate the development of COVID-19 health technologies.
The new collaboration was launched at a virtual event. Addressing the opening of the event, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said WHO is proud to be uniting with many partners to launch the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, or the ACT Accelerator.
By launching the international cooperation, the WHO and its partners aim to ensure all people have access to all the tools to defeat COVID-19, said the WHO chief.
This is a landmark collaboration to accelerate the development, production and equitable distribution of vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics for COVID-19, he said.
"Past experience has taught us that even when tools are available, they have been not been equally available to all, we cannot allow that to happen," said Tedros.
Noting that research and development play a central role, the WHO chief said since January, the UN health body has been working with thousands of researchers all over the world to accelerate and track vaccine development.
A number of global health actors and private sector partners, as well as other stakeholders, joined the new global collaboration. Among them are Global Fund, UNITAID, Wellcome Trust, the World Bank and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also spoke at the virtual event, expressing their support for speeding up relevant technical research and development through international collaboration.
ID : 8141315
Published : 2020-04-25 11:27
Last Modified : 2020-04-26 00:51:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV),China Global Television Network (CGTN),Other
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