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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the Director-General of the World Health Organization.

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"Spain reported a new case among the passengers who are in quarantine, which brings the total number of cases to 13."
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"The outbreak is moving fast, and we are still playing catch-up."
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"Heat stress is often called the 'silent killer' - and European homes, workplaces and schools were not built for these temperatures."
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"Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth, heating at twice the global average."
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"Even without approved therapeutics, people are recovering from this disease, but of course, we could save many more lives with safe and effective therapeutics in our toolkit."
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"Reports of damage to the hospital are 'extremely worrying'."
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"Reports of damage to the hospital were 'extremely worrying' and said 'all efforts' must be made to protect health services from the conflict."
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""Enough blood has been spilled," urging the warring parties to end the conflict."
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"a contractor in Gaza was killed during a security incident, prompting the organization to suspend medical evacuations from Gaza via Rafah to Egypt until further notice."
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"at its current pace, would eclipse that of the 2014-2016 occurrence"
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"At this time, no alternative medical facilities are available to receive approximately 450 patients from the two hospitals (including 40 patients in the ICU), rendering their evacuation operationally unfeasible."
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