Statement of H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat Chairperson of the African Union Commission at the Emergency Ministerial Meeting on the CoronaVirus Epidemic (COVID-19)
Honourable Ministers of Health,
Director-General of WHO,
AU Commissioner for Social Affairs,
Ambassadors,
Directors,
Invited Guests,
Your presence here this morning bears testimony to the importance that our States attach to the epidemic known as COVID-19 which affects the People's Republic of China and 25 other countries around the world.