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STORY: UN / MOZAMBIQUE CYCLONES UPDATE
TRT: 2:22
SOURCE: UNIFEED / WHO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 02 MAY 2019, NEW YORK CITY
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior
02 MAY 2019, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press room
3. Wide shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
(Starts under cutaway) I “On Cyclone Kenneth, the World Health Organization (WHO) tells us today that nearly 190,000 people are in need of health assistance or are at risk of diseases in Mozambique. Kenneth was the second category 3 cyclone to hit the country within five weeks. Due to the lack of accessibility, the full extent of the damage to the health system is not known. At least 17 health facilities have been damaged but this number is expected to rise. WHO is working with the Ministry of Health to carry out evaluations, and they’re also working with UNICEF and have sent tents, water purification units and other supplies. A WHO team of specialists, originally deployed to Beira following Cyclone Idai, have now been redeployed to follow Cyclone Kenneth. WHO stressed the need for rapid action to manage the risk of cholera.”
5. Wide shot, journalists
6. Wide shot, press room
FILE – WHO - 05 APRIL 2019, BUZI, MOZAMBIQUE
7. Various shots, Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) cholera treatment centre
FILE – WHO - 06 APRIL 2019, BEIRA, MOZAMBIQUE
8. Tilt up, Disinfecting boots at MSF cholera treatment centre in Beira
9. Various shots, MSF cholera treatment centre in Beira
FILE – WHO - 04 APRIL 2019, DONDO, MOZAMBIQUE
10. Wide shot, students drinking from tap
11. Wide shot, students queuing for oral cholera vaccine
12. Close up, student being vaccinated
13. Close up, oral cholera vaccine vials in cold storage
14. Med shot, student being vaccinated
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 190,000 people are in need of health assistance or are at risk of diseases in Mozambique following the two cyclones that devastated the country, a UN spokesperson told reporters in New York.
Briefing the media today (02 May), UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said Cyclone Kenneth was the second category 3 cyclone to hit Mozambique within five weeks, following cyclone Idai.
He said, “Due to the lack of accessibility, the full extent of the damage to the health system is not known. At least 17 health facilities have been damaged but this number is expected to rise.”
Dujarric said WHO was working with the Ministry of Health to carry out evaluations, while also working with UNICEF and “have sent tents, water purification units and other supplies.” He noted that a WHO team of specialists, originally deployed to Beira following Cyclone Idai, “have now been redeployed to follow Cyclone Kenneth.”
He said WHO stressed the need for “rapid action to manage the risk of cholera.”
