Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

"Spain reported a new case among the passengers who are in quarantine, which brings the total number of cases to 13."

"The outbreak is moving fast, and we are still playing catch-up."

"Heat stress is often called the 'silent killer' - and European homes, workplaces and schools were not built for these temperatures."

"Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth, heating at twice the global average."

"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."

"Reports of damage to the hospital are 'extremely worrying'."

"Reports of damage to the hospital were 'extremely worrying' and said 'all efforts' must be made to protect health services from the conflict."

""Enough blood has been spilled," urging the warring parties to end the conflict."

"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."

"at its current pace, would eclipse that of the 2014-2016 occurrence"

"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."

"is facilitating medical evacuation of two symptomatic passengers, conducting a full risk assessment, and supporting affected people onboard."

"At this stage, the overall public health risk remains low."

"Todo el mundo tiene el deber moral de cuidar de las personas que se encuentran a bordo del barco."

"Based on current information, the international organisation assesses the risk to the general population is low."

"At this stage, the overall public health risk remains low."

"Three suspected hantavirus case patients have just been evacuated from the ship and are on their way to receive medical care in the Netherlands."

"The risk to the rest of the world is low."

"No samples were taken [from the man who died on board] and because his symptoms were similar to those of other respiratory diseases, hantavirus was not suspected."

"At this stage, the overall public health risk remains low."

"The risk to the people of the Canary Islands is actually low."

"I need you to hear me clearly: this is not another COVID. The current public health risk from hantavirus remains low."

"Your concern is legitimate, because of the experience of Covid: that trauma is still in our minds."

"While this is a serious incident, WHO assesses the public health risk low."

"the incident is serious but the public health risk remains low."

"Transmission between people has been associated with close and prolonged contact, particularly among household members, intimate partners and people providing medical care."

"the decision by the US not to follow the organisation's guidelines over the hantavirus outbreak may have risks."

"At the moment, there is no sign that we are seeing the start of a larger outbreak."

"There are significant uncertainties to the true number of infected persons and geographic spread associated with this event at the present time."

"the outbreak does not meet the criteria for a pandemic emergency but that neighbouring countries are at high risk of further spread."

"The world was facing a number of major global health challenges, including Ebola."

"deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic."

"I am deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic."

"I'm deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic."

"The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday expressed concern at the speed and scale of the Ebola outbreak."

"We expect those numbers to keep increasing."

"The WHO assess the risk of the epidemic as high at the national and regional levels and low at the global level."

"600 suspected Ebola cases and 139 suspected deaths linked to the virus had been recorded, warning that the numbers could rise because the outbreak had spread for some time before being detected."

"The WHO assess the risk of the epidemic as high at the national and regional levels and low at the global level."

"I was deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic."

"the WHO assesses the risk level as 'high' at the local and regional levels, while it remains 'low' globally."

"Timely, complete and transparent information sharing under the International Health Regulations is essential to clarify conflicting reports."

"At this critical moment in the outbreak response, it is vital that authorities maintain high vigilance to control expansion of the virus."

"The WHO is working side by side with Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), and partners in the DRC and Uganda, to contain the outbreak, support affected people, and bolster a coordinated response."