00:00I wrote a message today to the people of Tenerife
00:08to address exactly what you said.
00:14This disease is not COVID, and we have said it many times as WHO.
00:19And when we say this, we don't take it lightly.
00:24And then, of course, the other issue I'd like to say,
00:29which I also indicated in my message to the people of Tenerife,
00:35is the risk to the population, to the local population, is low.
00:43One is because of the very nature of the disease itself,
00:46but second, the risk is low because the Spanish government
00:51has made all the preparations to prevent any problem.
00:57And so I want the local people, the Tenerife people,
01:05to really listen to us clearly and trust what we say.
01:11But as you rightly say, the concern is legitimate
01:20because we have all experience because of COVID,
01:23especially in 2020.
01:26And that trauma is still in our minds.
01:30So people will have questions, people will have concerns.
01:33And that's what I tried to address in my message
01:36to the people of Tenerife.
01:37We hear you, we understand.
01:40But the situation is much better now.
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