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WHO Covid-19 { 72 images } Created 4 Mar 2020

Inside the World Health Organization as the pandemic spreads – from the SHOK room to the Governing Body, tensions are clear – as is Chinese maneuvering, and the pressure on the WHO head, the Ethiopian Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. At the end of the week before the meeting opened, the WHO declared a global health emergency, and various countries immediately introduced travel bans on people coming from China – much to the latter’s anger, which had fought behind the scenes to resist the declaration. As the meeting got under way, all eyes were on the Chinese, while as the week progressed, and the news worsened – from the death of Dr Li Wenliang, the whistleblower doctor from Wuhan silenced by the Chinese authorities, burying the appearance of the disease as opposed to acting – greatly increasing the spread of what was then known as coronavirus; to the quarantining of cruise ships. The WHO moved into a new rhythm – that has gone on now for weeks, the morning meeting of the experts in the SHOK room, the ‘situation room’ of the WHO detailing the spread of the disease, and assessing where we are and the way forward, followed by in the afternoon a briefing to the global press, often led by the Director General – and even here the Chinese presence is felt, with leading questions, seeking propaganda when the rest of the world is looking for information.
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  • View of the World Health Organisation (WHO/OMS) headquarters in Geneva.
    WHO_Covid-19_001.jpg
  • Drector-General of the WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the opening session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_052.jpg
  • Press Conference at the Chinese Mission to the UN in Geneva, on the subject of Covid-19, and how well it was being controlled by China, how certain governments were using 'megaphone diplomacy' , and how China would financially support developing countries with weak health infrastructure. The press had originally been invited to a dinner, the press conference was added on later, and given by the senior Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu.
    China_c_003.jpg
  • View of the World Health Organisation (WHO/OMS) headquarters in Geneva.
    WHO_Covid-19_046.jpg
  • Daily morning Acute Events Management meeting in the SHOC room (Strategic Health Operations Centre), at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. The WHO Strategic Health Operations Centre monitors global public health events around the clock, and facilitates international collaboration during public health emergencies and daily operations. The meeting is being led  by Thomas Grein (in green sweater). Current emergency situations, including coronavrius and ebola were discussed.
    WHO_Covid-19_004.jpg
  • Daily morning Acute Events Management meeting in the SHOC room (Strategic Health Operations Centre), at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. The WHO Strategic Health Operations Centre monitors global public health events around the clock, and facilitates international collaboration during public health emergencies and daily operations.
    WHO_Covid-19_007.jpg
  • Press update on the situation regarding 2019-nCoV, held at WHO HQ, Geneva, with Dr Tedros Adhanom  Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, Michael Ryan, Executive DIrector WHO Health Emergencies Programme, and Dr Maria van Kerkhove, Technical Lead, WHO Health Emergencies Programme. Questions were taken by phone, including New York Times, the Daily Telegraph,  and in the room, by amongst others, Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency "what do you have to say to the people of Wuhan who are sacrificing themselves for the world", and China CCTV "Do you not condemn the strike by health workers in Hong Kong"
    WHO_Covid-19_040.jpg
  • Daily morning Acute Events Management meeting in the SHOC room (Strategic Health Operations Centre), at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. The WHO Strategic Health Operations Centre monitors global public health events around the clock, and facilitates international collaboration during public health emergencies and daily operations. The meeting is being led  by Thomas Grein (in green sweater). Current emergency situations, including coronavrius and ebola were discussed.
    WHO_Covid-19_009.jpg
  • Daily morning Acute Events Management meeting in the SHOC room (Strategic Health Operations Centre), at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. The WHO Strategic Health Operations Centre monitors global public health events around the clock, and facilitates international collaboration during public health emergencies and daily operations. The meeting is being led  by Thomas Grein (in green sweater). Current emergency situations, including coronavrius and ebola were discussed.
    WHO_Covid-19_005.jpg
  • Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_002.jpg
  • An extremely rare press briefing by the Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, on the Coronavirus situation at the Palais des Nations, to members of ACANU - the Association of Correspondents to the UN, following on from the confirmation of a global health emergency, and a travel ban announced by the US. <br />
<br />
"I hope calm responsible and objective attitude could be conducted in this outbreak. There is no need for unnecessary panic or excessive measures. Dear friends the situation is very serious, we have to ackowledge the seriousness of the matter.…. we have the full confidence in defeating the epidemic ..... freedom of press is not an issue in this case"
    China_speaks01.jpg
  • Entry to the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva.
    WHO_Covid-19_033.jpg
  • A minute silence to honour health professionals who have died, at the opening of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_016.jpg
  • An extremely rare press briefing by the Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, on the Coronavirus situation at the Palais des Nations, to members of ACANU - the Association of Correspondents to the UN, following on from the confirmation of a global health emergency, and a travel ban announced by the US. <br />
<br />
"I hope calm responsible and objective attitude could be conducted in this outbreak. There is no need for unnecessary panic or excessive measures. Dear friends the situation is very serious, we have to ackowledge the seriousness of the matter.…. we have the full confidence in defeating the epidemic ..... freedom of press is not an issue in this case"
    China_speaks05.jpg
  • WHO staff listening in, in an annex room to the daily morning Acute Events Management meeting in the SHOC room (Strategic Health Operations Centre), at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva  -like a situation or crisis room. The WHO, monitors global public health events around the clock, and facilitates international collaboration during public health emergencies and daily operations.
    WHO_Covid-19_012.jpg
  • Before a press conference at the Chinese Mission to the UN in Geneva, on the subject of Covid-19,  the senior Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu taks with an American wire reporter. The press had originally been invited to a dinner, the press conference was added on later, and given by the senior Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu.
    China_c_002.jpg
  • Getting ready for a Press Conference at the Chinese Mission to the UN in Geneva, on the subject of Covid-19, The press had originally been invited to a dinner, the press conference was added on later, and given by the senior Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu.
    China_c_001.jpg
  • Press Conference at the Chinese Mission to the UN in Geneva, on the subject of Covid-19, and how well it was being controlled by China, how certain governments were using 'megaphone diplomacy' , and how China would financially support developing countries with weak health infrastructure. The press had originally been invited to a dinner, the press conference was added on later, and given by the senior Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu, with support from the mission's health expert.
    China_c_006.jpg
  • Daily morning Acute Events Management meeting in the SHOC room (Strategic Health Operations Centre), at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. The WHO Strategic Health Operations Centre monitors global public health events around the clock, and facilitates international collaboration during public health emergencies and daily operations. The meeting is being led  by Thomas Grein (in green sweater). Current emergency situations, including coronavrius and ebola were discussed.
    WHO_Covid-19_008.jpg
  • Chinese Ambassador Li Song, Deputy Permanent Representative of PR China to the UN in Geneva,  making a special statement on the coronavirus at the opening session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_023.jpg
  • Chinese officials before the opening of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency.
    WHO_Covid-19_024.jpg
  • Opening session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_015.jpg
  • An extremely rare press briefing by the Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, on the Coronavirus situation at the Palais des Nations, to members of ACANU - the Association of Correspondents to the UN, following on from the confirmation of a global health emergency, and a travel ban announced by the US. <br />
<br />
"I hope calm responsible and objective attitude could be conducted in this outbreak. There is no need for unnecessary panic or excessive measures. Dear friends the situation is very serious, we have to ackowledge the seriousness of the matter.…. we have the full confidence in defeating the epidemic ..... freedom of press is not an issue in this case"
    China_speaks04.jpg
  • Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_017.jpg
  • An extremely rare press briefing by the Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, on the Coronavirus situation at the Palais des Nations, to members of ACANU - the Association of Correspondents to the UN, following on from the confirmation of a global health emergency, and a travel ban announced by the US. <br />
<br />
"I hope calm responsible and objective attitude could be conducted in this outbreak. There is no need for unnecessary panic or excessive measures. Dear friends the situation is very serious, we have to ackowledge the seriousness of the matter.…. we have the full confidence in defeating the epidemic ..... freedom of press is not an issue in this case"
    China_speaks07.jpg
  • Daily morning Acute Events Management meeting in the SHOC room (Strategic Health Operations Centre), at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva  -like a situation or crisis room. The WHO, monitors global public health events around the clock, and facilitates international collaboration during public health emergencies and daily operations.
    WHO_Covid-19_011.jpg
  • WHO headquarters during the Executive Board Meeting. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China. Phone call in a hallway by the main meeting.
    WHO_Covid-19_027.jpg
  • An extremely rare press briefing by the Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, on the Coronavirus situation at the Palais des Nations, to members of ACANU - the Association of Correspondents to the UN, following on from the confirmation of a global health emergency, and a travel ban announced by the US. <br />
<br />
"I hope calm responsible and objective attitude could be conducted in this outbreak. There is no need for unnecessary panic or excessive measures. Dear friends the situation is very serious, we have to ackowledge the seriousness of the matter.…. we have the full confidence in defeating the epidemic ..... freedom of press is not an issue in this case"
    China_speaks10.jpg
  • An extremely rare press briefing by the Chinese Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, on the Coronavirus situation at the Palais des Nations, to members of ACANU - the Association of Correspondents to the UN, following on from the confirmation of a global health emergency, and a travel ban announced by the US. <br />
<br />
"I hope calm responsible and objective attitude could be conducted in this outbreak. There is no need for unnecessary panic or excessive measures. Dear friends the situation is very serious, we have to ackowledge the seriousness of the matter.…. we have the full confidence in defeating the epidemic ..... freedom of press is not an issue in this case"<br />
<br />
Here shown speaking to the representative of a HK TV channel, who also happens to be President of the Association, and from mainland China.
    China_speaks11.jpg
  • Looking up to compley roof of the main conference hall in the World Health Organisation (WHO/OMS) headquarters in Geneva, used for the Executive Board Meeting.
    WHO_Covid-19_003.jpg
  • Daily morning Acute Events Management meeting in the SHOC room (Strategic Health Operations Centre), at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva  -like a situation or crisis room. The WHO, monitors global public health events around the clock, and facilitates international collaboration during public health emergencies and daily operations.
    WHO_Covid-19_006.jpg
  • Daily morning Acute Events Management meeting in the SHOC room (Strategic Health Operations Centre), at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. The WHO Strategic Health Operations Centre monitors global public health events around the clock, and facilitates international collaboration during public health emergencies and daily operations. The meeting is being led  by Thomas Grein (in green sweater). Current emergency situations, including coronavrius and ebola were discussed.
    WHO_Covid-19_010.jpg
  • WHO headquarters during the Executive Board Meeting. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_013.jpg
  • Chinese Ambassador Li Song, Deputy Permanent Representative of PR China to the UN in Geneva, confering with a councellor before requesting to deliver a speech on the coronavirus at the beginning of the opening session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_018.jpg
  • Director-General of the WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaking at the opening of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.<br />
<br />
we must "combat the spread of rumours and misinformation. <br />
<br />
To that end, we have worked with Google to make sure people searching for information about coronavirus see WHO information at the top of their search results. Social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Tencent and Tiktok have also taken steps to limit the spread of misinformation. <br />
...<br />
We are all in this together, and we can only stop it together.<br />
<br />
The rule of the game is solidarity, solidarity, solidarity. But we see this missing in many corners, and that has to be addressed.<br />
<br />
I am taking advice from a wide range of experts in this field, as a complement to the Emergency Committee, to ensure we understand the evolution of the outbreak and respond accordingly."<br />
<br />
I am taking advice from a wide range of experts in this field, as a complement to the Emergency Committee, to ensure we understand the evolution of the outbreak and respond accordingly."
    WHO_Covid-19_019.jpg
  • Chinese official watching proceedings on a video screen of the opening session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_014.jpg
  • Legal Council and the Secretary confering at the openng session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_021.jpg
  • The Board's chairman Dr Hiroki Nakatani of Japan. conferring at the opening session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China, and this has led to attempts by China to change the running order of discussions.
    WHO_Covid-19_022.jpg
  • Director-General of the WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the opening of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Cornavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency.
    WHO_Covid-19_050.jpg
  • Director-General of the WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the opening of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_051.jpg
  • Chinese Ambassador Li Song, Deputy Permanent Representative of PR China to the UN in Geneva, waiting to deliver a speech he has requested to make on the coronavirus at the beginningof the opening session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_020.jpg
  • Director-General of the WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the opening of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_025.jpg
  • WHO headquarters during the Executive Board Meeting. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_026.jpg
  • Daily morning Acute Events Management meeting in the SHOC room (Strategic Health Operations Centre), at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva. The WHO Strategic Health Operations Centre monitors global public health events around the clock, and facilitates international collaboration during public health emergencies and daily operations. The meeting is being led  by Thomas Grein (in green sweater). Current emergency situations, including coronavrius and ebola were discussed.
    WHO_Covid-19_068.jpg
  • WHO offcials conferring outside the main hall at the opening session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_029.jpg
  • Outside the opening session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_028.jpg
  • Delegates heading back into the  Executive Board Meeting. The annual event, the meeting of the governing body of the WHO,  is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_032.jpg
  • Discussion outside the Executive Board meeting. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency, much against the wishes of China.
    WHO_Covid-19_034.jpg
  • Prayers underneath a staircase near the meeting room for the annual Executive Board meeting of the WHO during the Coronavirus crisis.
    WHO_Covid-19_035.jpg
  • Prayers underneath a staircase near the meeting room for the annual Executive Board meeting of the WHO during the Coronavirus crisis.
    WHO_Covid-19_044.jpg
  • WHO video explaining what facts are known of the Coronavirus ('what is kown might change'), playing on a screen outside the opening session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Cornavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency.
    WHO_Covid-19_045.jpg
  • WHO video explaining what facts are known of the Coronavirus, playing on a screen outside the opening session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency.
    WHO_Covid-19_030.jpg
  • WHO video explaining what facts are known of the Coronavirus, playing on a screen outside the opening session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency.
    WHO_Covid-19_047.jpg
  • WHO video explaining what facts are known of the Coronavirus, playing on a screen outside the opening session of the Executive Board Meeting of the World Health Organization, the UN's health body, at the organization's headquarters in Geneva. The annual event is taking place in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, which the WHO has declared as a global health emergency.
    WHO_Covid-19_031.jpg
  • Press update on the situation regarding 2019-nCoV, held at WHO HQ, Geneva, with Dr Tedros Adhanom  Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, Michael Ryan, Executive DIrector WHO Health Emergencies Programme, and Dr Maria van Kerkhove, Technical Lead, WHO Health Emergencies Programme. Questions were taken by phone, including New York Times, the Daily Telegraph,  and in the room, by amongst others, Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency "what do you have to say to the people of Wuhan who are sacrificing themselves for the world", and China CCTV "Do you not condemn the strike by health workers in Hong Kong"
    WHO_Covid-19_036.jpg
  • Press update on the situation regarding 2019-nCoV, held at WHO HQ, Geneva, with Dr Tedros Adhanom  Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, Michael Ryan, Executive DIrector WHO Health Emergencies Programme, and Dr Maria van Kerkhove, Technical Lead, WHO Health Emergencies Programme. Questions were taken by phone, including New York Times, the Daily Telegraph,  and in the room, by amongst others, Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency "what do you have to say to the people of Wuhan who are sacrificing themselves for the world", and China CCTV "Do you not condemn the strike by health workers in Hong Kong"
    WHO_Covid-19_037.jpg
  • Press update on the situation regarding 2019-nCoV, held at WHO HQ, Geneva, with Dr Tedros Adhanom  Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, Michael Ryan, Executive DIrector WHO Health Emergencies Programme, and Dr Maria van Kerkhove, Technical Lead, WHO Health Emergencies Programme. Questions were taken by phone, including New York Times, the Daily Telegraph,  and in the room, by amongst others, Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency "what do you have to say to the people of Wuhan who are sacrificing themselves for the world", and China CCTV "Do you not condemn the strike by health workers in Hong Kong"
    WHO_Covid-19_038.jpg
  • Press update on the situation regarding 2019-nCoV, held at WHO HQ, Geneva, with Dr Tedros Adhanom  Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, Michael Ryan, Executive DIrector WHO Health Emergencies Programme, and Dr Maria van Kerkhove, Technical Lead, WHO Health Emergencies Programme. Questions were taken by phone, including New York Times, the Daily Telegraph,  and in the room, by amongst others, Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency "what do you have to say to the people of Wuhan who are sacrificing themselves for the world", and China CCTV "Do you not condemn the strike by health workers in Hong Kong"
    WHO_Covid-19_064.jpg
  • Press update on the situation regarding 2019-nCoV, held at WHO HQ, Geneva, with Dr Tedros Adhanom  Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, Michael Ryan, Executive DIrector WHO Health Emergencies Programme, and Dr Maria van Kerkhove, Technical Lead, WHO Health Emergencies Programme. Questions were taken by phone, including New York Times, the Daily Telegraph,  and in the room, by amongst others, Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency "what do you have to say to the people of Wuhan who are sacrificing themselves for the world", and China CCTV "Do you not condemn the strike by health workers in Hong Kong"
    WHO_Covid-19_039.jpg
  • Press update on the situation regarding 2019-nCoV, held at WHO HQ, Geneva, with Dr Tedros Adhanom  Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, Michael Ryan, Executive DIrector WHO Health Emergencies Programme, and Dr Maria van Kerkhove, Technical Lead, WHO Health Emergencies Programme. Questions were taken by phone, including New York Times, the Daily Telegraph,  and in the room, by amongst others, Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency "what do you have to say to the people of Wuhan who are sacrificing themselves for the world", and China CCTV "Do you not condemn the strike by health workers in Hong Kong"
    WHO_Covid-19_042.jpg
  • Press update on the situation regarding 2019-nCoV, held at WHO HQ, Geneva, with Dr Tedros Adhanom  Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, Michael Ryan, Executive DIrector WHO Health Emergencies Programme, and Dr Maria van Kerkhove, Technical Lead, WHO Health Emergencies Programme. Questions were taken by phone, including New York Times, the Daily Telegraph,  and in the room, by amongst others, Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency "what do you have to say to the people of Wuhan who are sacrificing themselves for the world", and China CCTV "Do you not condemn the strike by health workers in Hong Kong"
    WHO_Covid-19_041.jpg
  • Chinese journalist leaning forward past a Japanese journalist to ask a question at the press update on the situation regarding 2019-nCoV, held at WHO HQ, Geneva, with Dr Tedros Adhanom  Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, Michael Ryan, Executive DIrector WHO Health Emergencies Programme, and Dr Maria van Kerkhove, Technical Lead, WHO Health Emergencies Programme. Questions were taken by phone, including New York Times, the Daily Telegraph,  and in the room, by amongst others, Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency "what do you have to say to the people of Wuhan who are sacrificing themselves for the world", and China CCTV "Do you not condemn the strike by health workers in Hong Kong" as seen in this image.
    WHO_Covid-19_043.jpg
  • Press Conference at the Chinese Mission to the UN in Geneva, on the subject of Covid-19, and how well it was being controlled by China, how certain governments were using 'megaphone diplomacy' , and how China would financially support developing countries with weak health infrastructure. The press had originally been invited to a dinner, the press conference was added on later, and given by the senior Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu, with support from the mission's health expert.
    China_c_004.jpg
  • Press Conference at the Chinese Mission to the UN in Geneva, on the subject of Covid-19, and how well it was being controlled by China, how certain governments were using 'megaphone diplomacy' , and how China would financially support developing countries with weak health infrastructure. The press had originally been invited to a dinner, the press conference was added on later, and given by the senior Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu, with support from the mission's health expert.
    China_c_005.jpg
  • After a press conference at the Chinese Mission to the UN in Geneva, on the subject of Covid-19, and how well it was being controlled by China, how certain governments were using 'megaphone diplomacy' , and how China would financially support developing countries with weak health infrastructure. The press had originally been invited to a dinner, the press conference was added on later, and given by the senior Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Chen Xu, pictured centre, with his senior communications specialist at left, who was previously stationed in London.
    China_c_007.jpg
  • Chinese diplomats and a single journalist in conversation, during a stand up dinner after a press conference at the Chinese Mission to the UN in Geneva, on the subject of Covid-19, and how well it was being controlled by China, how certain governments were using 'megaphone diplomacy' , and how China would financially support developing countries with weak health infrastructure. The press had originally been invited to a courtesy dinner, the press conference was added on later, and given by the senior Ambassador to the UN in Geneva.
    China_c_009.jpg
  • Crude banner against the World Health Organisation, (and big pharma, & vaccinations) - OMS in French, literally  translated as " WHO up your arse" at an anti-mask demonstration, of approx 1,000 people on the Place des Nations in front of the United Nations in Geneva. Most were unmasked despite an obligation to do so during gatherings of this size.  It assembled a diverse group of people, many with particular interests, ranging from anti-vaccineers, Q conspiracy followers, libertarians, and other conspiracy-theorists, with the World Health Organisation (headquartered nearby), and national governments as particular enemies.
    Anti-mask01.jpg
  • "The fear is the Virus" slogan at an anti-mask demonstration, of approx 1,000 people on the Place des Nations in front of the United Nations in Geneva. Most were unmasked despite an obligation to do so during gatherings of this size.  It assembled a diverse group of people, many with particular interests, ranging from anti-vaccineers, Q conspiracy followers, libertarians, and other conspiracy-theorists, with the World Health Organisation (headquartered nearby), and national governments as particular enemies.
    Anti-mask05.jpg
  • Anti-vaccine supporter at an anti-mask demonstration, of approx 1,000 people on the Place des Nations in front of the United Nations in Geneva. Most were unmasked despite an obligation to do so during gatherings of this size.  It assembled a diverse group of people, many with particular interests, ranging from anti-vaccineers, Q conspiracy followers, libertarians, and consipracy-theorists, with the World Health Organisation (headquartered nearby), and national governments as particular enemies.
    Anti-mask06.jpg
  • Anti-mask demonstration, of approx 1,000 people on the Place des Nations in front of the United Nations in Geneva. Most were unmasked despite an obligation to do so during gatherings of this size.  It assembled a diverse group of people, many with particular interests, ranging from anti-vaccineers, Q conspiracy followers, libertarians, and other conspiracy-theorists, with the World Health Organisation (headquartered nearby), and national governments as particular enemies.
    Anti-mask08.jpg
  • Invoking Orwell at an anti-mask demonstration, of approx 1,000 people on the Place des Nations in front of the United Nations in Geneva. Most were unmasked despite an obligation to do so during gatherings of this size.  It assembled a diverse group of people, many with particular interests, ranging from anti-vaccineers, Q conspiracy followers, libertarians, and other conspiracy-theorists, with the World Health Organisation (headquartered nearby), and national governments as particular enemies.
    Anti-mask11.jpg
  • Anti-mask demonstration, of approx 1,000 people on the Place des Nations in front of the United Nations in Geneva. Most were unmasked despite an obligation to do so during gatherings of this size.  It assembled a diverse group of people, many with particular interests, ranging from anti-vaccineers, Q conspiracy followers, libertarians, and other conspiracy-theorists, with the World Health Organisation (headquartered nearby), and national governments as particular enemies.
    Anti-mask17.jpg