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STORY: WHO / DRC EBOLA
TRT: 1:25
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 10 APRIL 2020, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
FILE – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, WHO emblem outside headquarters
10 APRIL 2020, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. Wide shot, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO):
“After 52 days without case, surveillance response teams on the ground have confirmed a new case of Ebola in DRC. We have been preparing for and expecting more cases. Unfortunately, this means the government of DRC will not be able to declare an end to the outbreak on Monday as hoped.”
4. Med shot, Tedros speaking at press conference
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Micheal Ryan, Executive Director, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization:
“Every day we investigate 2600 alerts across the two affected provinces still, we take thousands of samples every single week. And we will continue to continue that act of service right the way through. We'll just have to go again for another 42 days.”
6. Med shot, journalist
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Micheal Ryan, Executive Director, Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization:
“The government of Congo and ourselves with our partners are ready to respond and react if things were in any way to deteriorate. And in that sense, maybe that's our lesson for COVID-19. There is no exit strategy until you're in control of the situation. You must always be ready to go back again and start again. In that sense, I think there are some lessons there to learn.”
8. Wide shot, Ryan speaking at press conference
WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus confirmed the presence of a new Ebola infection in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which means the Congolese Government would “not be able to declare an end to the outbreak on Monday as hoped.”
Speaking at a press conference in Geneva today (10 Apr), Tedros said surveillance response teams on the ground had confirmed the new case “after 52 days without case.” He said WHO has been “preparing for and expecting more cases.”
WHO’s Executive Director of the Health Emergencies Programme, Micheal Ryan, said, “Every day we investigate 2600 alerts across the two affected provinces still, we take thousands of samples every single week. And we will continue to continue that act of service right the way through. We'll just have to go again for another 42 days.”
Ryan said WHO, its partners, and the Congolese Government are ready to respond and react “if things were in any way to deteriorate.” He added, “Maybe that's our lesson for COVID-19. There is no exit strategy until you're in control of the situation. You must always be ready to go back again and start again. In that sense, I think there are some lessons there to learn.”
