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Ghebreyesus also raised concerns about the spread of Covid-19 in developing countries.
“While relatively lower numbers of confirmed cases have been reported from Africa and from central and south America, we realise that Covid-19 could have serious social, economic and political consequences for these regions,” he said.
The daily World Health Organisation press briefing on the development of Covid-19 has begun in Geneva.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director of the WHO, has said he was “deeply concerned about the rapid escalation and global spread of infection”.
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