World Health Organization (WHO) Director General (DG) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa have held a tele-phonic conversation over the latest developments related to the outbreak of COVID-19. “We discussed health and economic impacts that COVID-19 can have on Sri Lanka and the whole region,” Ghebreyesus said in a twitter message. Ghebreyesus further thanked President Rajapaksa for his efforts in mobilizing the whole-of-government in the fight against the coronavirus.  

I had a good call with @GotabayaR, President of #SriLanka, on #COVID19 today. We discussed health and economic impacts #COVID19 can have on his country and the whole region. I thanked him for mobilizing the whole-of-government in the fight against the #coronavirus. Together!

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) March 31, 2020