Good morning, good afternoon, good evening,This week we’ll reach 20 million registered cases of COVID-19 and 750,000 deaths.
Behind these statistics is a great deal of pain and suffering. Every life lost matters. I know many of you are grieving and that this is a difficult moment for the world.
But I want to be clear, there are green shoots of hope and no matter where a country, a region, a city or a town is – it’s never too late to turn the outbreak around.
There are two essential elements to addressing the pandemic effectively: Leaders must step up to take action and citizens need to embrace new measures.