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WHO director-general says there are ‘green shoots of hope’ in global fight against Covid-19

The world is witnessing “green shoots of hope” in its battle against Covid-19, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

In the WHO’s daily media briefing, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus started by remarking the scale of the coronavirus pandemic, with 20 million confirmed cases and 750,000 deaths expected by the end of this week.

However, he added that there were reasons to be hopeful in the global fight against the disease.

“I know many of you are grieving and that this is a difficult moment for the world,” Dr Tedros said.

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