-YOMMY AYILARA.
Solutions developed in Africa will help the entire world to defeat COVID-19″ -Emmanuel Macron.
Emmanuel Macron took to Twitter to let out some information to Africa- @emmanuelmacron
In his words;
“Africa has some of the world’s most renowned researchers and scientists in the field of combating pandemics. The solutions developed in Africa will help the entire world to defeat COVID-19.
The initiative we are launching today is a joint effort between Europe and Africa to together defeat the pandemic. The fates of our two continents are linked.”
World leaders have called out for urgent debt moratorium and unprecedented health and economic aid packages.
According to a report signed by Abiy Ahmed, prime minister of Ethiopia; Guiseppe Conte, prime minister of Italy; António Costa, prime minister of Portugal; Moussa Faki, African Union Commission chair; Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda; Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, president of Mali; Uhuru Kenyatta, president of Kenya; Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission; João Lourenço, president of Angola; Emmanuel Macron, president of France; Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany; Charles Michel, president of the European Council; Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa; Mark Rutte, prime minister of the Netherlands; Macky Sall, president of Senegal; Pedro Sánchez, prime minister of Spain; Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, president of Egypt; Felix Tshisekedi, president of Democratic Republic of Congo, it has been revealed and in the exact words of the report that,
“The outbreak and rapid spread of Covid-19 have stretched global public health systems beyond their limits and caused widespread economic, social and humanitarian damage. This virus knows no borders.
Tackling it therefore requires strong international leadership, guided by a sense of shared responsibility and solidarity. In fact, only a global victory that fully includes Africa can bring this pandemic to an end.
We can win this battle, but to do so we must act now, making the best use of available time and resources. Otherwise the pandemic will hit Africa particularly hard, prolonging the crisis globally. For Africa’s part, governments, medics, scientists and local communities have valuable experience in containing outbreaks. The African Union supports the co-ordinated continental response.
Most countries have already taken forceful action to slow the spread of the virus; they are ready to do more. We also welcome the AU’s appointment of four special envoys to mobilise international support for Africa’s fight. Their role will be decisive in the implementation of our collective strategy”
The crisis has shown how interconnected the whole world is. No region can win the battle against Covid-19 alone.
It has been made known that if the virus is not beaten in Africa, it will return to haunt the whole world down. It is advisable that we all work together to end the pandemic everywhere and build resilient health systems to keep our peoples safe in the future.
The signatories noted that this is not the time for division or politics but for unity and co-operation so that the world can me saved.
There is also a plan to deploy a huge economic stimulus package of at least $100bn, as has been assessed by Africa’s finance ministers and the UN. The aim is to give African countries the fiscal space they need to devote more public health resources to fighting the virus, while mitigating its economic and social consequences.
