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STORY: WHO / TEDROS PRESSER
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SOURCE: WHO
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 03 OCTOBER 2024, SWITZERLAND, GENEVA
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General:
“As you know, Monday marks one year since the horrific attacks by Hamas and other armed groups on Israel. Those attacks began a chain of events that have caused unspeakable suffering to civilians in Israel, Gaza, the West Bank and now in Lebanon.”
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General:
“Since the 7th of October last year, more than 1,500 people have been killed in Israel, almost 42,000 in Gaza, and more than 700 in the West Bank. In addition, more than 10,000 people are missing in Gaza, and 1.9 million people are displaced, while 101 hostages taken from Israel remain in Gaza.”
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General:
“In Lebanon, more than 1,600 people have been killed and more than one million displaced, including 350,000 now living in shelters, and 160,000 who have crossed the border into the Syrian Arab Republic.”
7. Wide shot, press conference room
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General:
“In southern Lebanon, 37 health facilities have been closed, while in Beirut, three hospitals have been forced to fully evacuate staff and patients, and another two were partially evacuated.”
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General:
“And yet healthcare continues to come under attack. In Lebanon alone, 28 health workers have been killed in the last 24 hours.”
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Abdinasir Abubakar, acting WHO Representative in Lebanon:
“Most of those health care workers that's been killed for the last 24 hours. Most of them were, actually all of them, were on duty. Some of them were in the ambulances, some of them were in the health facilities. And the Minister of Health confirmed that all those killed and those who were injured for the last 24 hours, even 48 hours, they were on duty trying to help civilians who have been wounded for the conflict.”
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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Abdinasir Abubakar, acting WHO Representative in Lebanon:
“What I can say for now is the capacity to do mass casualty management exists but it's just a matter of time until the system actually reaches to its limit.”
15. Wide shot, press conference room
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General:
“The Islamic Republic of Iran’s attack on Israel is a dangerous escalation with serious consequences for the region. WHO calls for a de-escalation of the conflict; For healthcare to be protected and not attacked; For access routes to be secured and supplies delivered; And for a ceasefire, a political solution, and peace. The best medicine is peace.”
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18. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General:
“Now to Rwanda, where last week, the Ministry of Health announced an outbreak of Marburg virus disease. So far, 36 cases have been confirmed, including 11 deaths, from seven of the country’s 30 districts.”
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20. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General:
“Twenty-five patients are isolated and receiving care. Contact tracing is underway, with 300 contacts under follow-up. More than 70 percent of the confirmed cases are health workers from two health facilities in the capital, Kigali according to the report from the Ministry of Health.”
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22. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General:
“This is the first time Marburg virus disease has been reported in Rwanda. The Government of Rwanda is coordinating the response with support from WHO and partners.”
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24. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General:
“Treatments and vaccines against Marburg virus disease are in development, and WHO stands ready to facilitate the delivery of these products, and to support national researchers to carry out clinical trials. WHO assesses the risk of this outbreak as very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at the global level.”
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WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated “the best medicine is peace,” adding that “in Lebanon alone, 28 health workers have been killed in the last 24 hours.”
At a press conference today (03 Oct) in Geneva, Tedros said, “Monday marks one year since the horrific attacks by Hamas and other armed groups on Israel. Those attacks began a chain of events that have caused unspeakable suffering to civilians in Israel, Gaza, the West Bank and now in Lebanon.”
He continued, “Since the 7th of October last year, more than 1,500 people have been killed in Israel, almost 42,000 in Gaza, and more than 700 in the West Bank. In addition, more than 10,000 people are missing in Gaza, and 1.9 million people are displaced, while 101 hostages taken from Israel remain in Gaza.”
The Director-General added, “In Lebanon, more than 1,600 people have been killed and more than one million displaced, including 350,000 now living in shelters, and 160,000 who have crossed the border into the Syrian Arab Republic.
“In southern Lebanon, 37 health facilities have been closed, while in Beirut, three hospitals have been forced to fully evacuate staff and patients, and another two were partially evacuated,” Tedros added.
The Director-General also said, “healthcare continues to come under attack. In Lebanon alone, 28 health workers have been killed in the last 24 hours.”
Dr Abdinasir Abubakar, acting WHO Representative in Lebanon briefed the reporters via a video link.
He said, “Most of those health care workers that's been killed for the last 24 hours. Most of them were, actually all of them, were on duty. Some of them were in the ambulances, some of them were in the health facilities.”
Abubakar added, “the Minister of Health confirmed that all those killed and those who were injured for the last 24 hours, even 48 hours, they were on duty trying to help civilians who have been wounded for the conflict.”
The acting WHO Representative in Lebanon said, “What I can say for now is the capacity to do mass casualty management exists but it's just a matter of time until the system actually reaches to its limit.”
“The Islamic Republic of Iran’s attack on Israel is a dangerous escalation with serious consequences for the region,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
WHO called for “a de-escalation of the conflict; For healthcare to be protected and not attacked; For access routes to be secured and supplies delivered; And for a ceasefire, a political solution, and peace. The best medicine is peace.”
Moving onto Rwanda, Tedros said, “last week, the Ministry of Health announced an outbreak of Marburg virus disease. So far, 36 cases have been confirmed, including 11 deaths, from seven of the country’s 30 districts.”
He said, “Twenty-five patients are isolated and receiving care. Contact tracing is underway, with 300 contacts under follow-up. More than 70 percent of the confirmed cases are health workers from two health facilities in the capital, Kigali according to the report from the Ministry of Health.”
The Director-General added, “This is the first time Marburg virus disease has been reported in Rwanda. The Government of Rwanda is coordinating the response with support from WHO and partners.”
Tedros continued, “Treatments and vaccines against Marburg virus disease are in development, and WHO stands ready to facilitate the delivery of these products, and to support national researchers to carry out clinical trials. WHO assesses the risk of this outbreak as very high at the national level, high at the regional level, and low at the global level.”