WHO working to ensure supplies of diagnostics, protective gear

• WHO is working on the next phase of a plan with the World Bank, Global Fund, and International Monetary Fund, he added.
• Tedros, in weekly remarks to diplomats made available by the Geneva-based agency.
• My focus on diagnostics and PPE (personal protective equipment)...is because, as you know.

Tedros, in weekly remarks to diplomats made available by the Geneva-based agency, said the WHO was seeking to contract more laboratories to conduct independent evaluations of diagnostic kits and was working with companies to secure supply.

"My focus on diagnostics and PPE (personal protective equipment)...is because, as you know, there is a flow of requests from many countries, and to show that we're doing our best, but the shortages will continue to be a challenge."

WHO's three-month appeal of $675 million for the fight through April is almost fully funded but will not be enough, he said. WHO is working on the next phase of a plan with the World Bank, Global Fund, and International Monetary Fund, he added.