WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the Mission briefing on COVID-19 - 12 March 2020

Home/ WHO Director-General/ Speeches/ Detail/ WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the Mission briefing on COVID-19 - 12 March 2020 Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, First of all, I would like to say good morning. As you know, yesterday I said that the global COVID-19 outbreak can now be described as a pandemic. This is not a decision we took lightly. We have made this assessment for

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“We urge all countries to take a comprehensive approach tailored to their circumstances – with containment as the central pillar.” 全ての国がその情況に応じた、（封じ込めを中心的な柱とする）包括的アプローチを取るよう求める

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パンデミックだが、封じ込めから緩和に移行するべきという考えは間違っており危険