00:00We certainly assess that the overwhelming proportion of the cases on the continent,
00:17about 9 out of 10 of all cases that are identified, are occurring within the Democratic Republic
00:23of the Congo, and I should also add that we do think that there's increasing concern
00:29and an increasing need to really ramp up the response efforts within Burundi in particular,
00:34in addition to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
00:44Vaccines are one among a large number of tools available to us to make sure that people can
00:50help protect themselves and protect their communities.
00:53With vaccinations, we're really excited to be working very hard with countries at this
00:58moment in time, with national regulatory authorities, especially following the activation
01:04of what we call emergency use listing.
01:07But really critically, the WHO is already working to support country capacity to use
01:13approved vaccines once they arrive, because vaccines on the tarmac is not enough.
01:20Vaccines need to be turned into vaccinations in order to be effective.
01:24So we work with countries, we conduct rapid readiness assessments to identify where there
01:28are capacity gaps, and we're already doing the work that is necessary to fill those gaps
01:34and make sure that ultimately we are here to get people protected and to save lives.
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