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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: The Ethiopian at the heart of the coronavirus fight

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a press conference following an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [AFP]

What a challenge to be the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the time of the coronavirus.

The entire planet hanging on your every word, addressing daily press conferences at the headquarters in Geneva to detail an ever-increasing number of cases in an ever-increasing number of countries.

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