Dr. Sow, was named by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, MSc,  as one of six special envoys on COVID-19, to provide strategic advice and high-level political advocacy and engagement in different parts of the world, including Africa. The appointment comes as WHO has identified several priority countries in Africa at risk because of their direct links to China or their high volume of travel with China. WHO officials have formally declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus that first emerged in Wuhan China a public health emergency, and they are weighing whether spread of the virus will result in a pandemic.

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