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DR Congo may soon see off Ebola, but COVID-19 exposes old problems

DR Congo may soon see off Ebola, but COVID-19 exposes old problems

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Imagine you’re an aid official in a massive developing country where COVID-19 is just the latest in a long list of life-threatening challenges to millions of people. The question is: what do you do first?

In an interview with UN News’s Daniel Johnson by Skype, UNICEF’s representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Edouard Beigbeder, explains what his priorities are and what kind of threat the new coronavirus poses so far.

Audio Credit
Daniel Johnson, UN News - Geneva
Audio Duration
7'18"
Photo Credit
MONUSCO/Michael Ali