| No images? Click here  Friday 29 January, 2021 Please find enclosed the link of the WHO Director-General's statement as well as other materials from the COVID-19 media briefing on 29 January and more:
Media briefing audio link (Length 1hr 16mins): News edit link (TRT 5mins 35sec): https://who.canto.global/b/JL0PG
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Friday, January 29, 2021
DG remarks and links for COVID-19 press briefing, 29 January, 2021
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