SITUATION IN NUMBERS total (new) cases in last 24 hours
(last updated 10:00 AM CET 7/17/2020)
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- WHO Director-General Dr Tedros joined the leaders of Spain to pay tribute to those who lost their lives to COVID-19, and stated that “Spain has shown that with political leadership and action, backed by community support, COVID-19 can be controlled, no matter at what stage virus transmission is at in a country”.
- The WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific, Dr Takeshi Kasai, praised New Zealand’s success in controlling COVID-19, adding that it has been a concerted effort to limit and stop COVID-19 on their shores and support other countries in the Region.
- The Pan American Health Organization/WHO Regional Office for the Americas and the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA) have agreed to work together to step up the fight against COVID-19 in indigenous areas of the Amazon. PAHO and COICA called for the urgent implementation of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic that are “appropriate to the various geographical and cultural contexts and that include the participation of the communities themselves”.
- As of 10 July 2020, 192 countries, territories and areas have implemented additional health measures that significantly interfere with international traffic. An updated summary is outlined in the ‘Subject in Focus’ below.
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