<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><transcript><text start="0.39" dur="40.079">[Music]</text><text start="42.64" dur="4.16">i think what helped us</text><text start="44.16" dur="4.64">a lot was that we had established from</text><text start="46.8" dur="6">from the start from the outbreak</text><text start="48.8" dur="5.12">a very good collaboration and discussion</text><text start="52.8" dur="3.52">with</text><text start="53.92" dur="4.159">the un agencies the un resident</text><text start="56.32" dur="5.84">coordinator which allowed us</text><text start="58.079" dur="6.001">also to have quickly access to</text><text start="62.16" dur="4.24">the presidential task force that is</text><text start="64.08" dur="5.359">leading the public response</text><text start="66.4" dur="4.719">as well as the nigerian</text><text start="69.439" dur="3.36">center for disease control which is</text><text start="71.119" dur="5.761">technically in the leads</text><text start="72.799" dur="4.081">of responding to the crisis</text><text start="79.2" dur="3.76">we are at more than 12 000 positive</text><text start="81.84" dur="4.88">cases</text><text start="82.96" dur="6.96">and more than 300 people that have died</text><text start="86.72" dur="6.399">however we must also admit that</text><text start="89.92" dur="6.559">this is probably a huge underestimate</text><text start="93.119" dur="7.121">because the level of testing is is not</text><text start="96.479" dur="7.361">adequate yet test kits are</text><text start="100.24" dur="5.68">still lacking many infrastructures are</text><text start="103.84" dur="6">still lacking they have to</text><text start="105.92" dur="8.32">equip and and prepare all the labs</text><text start="109.84" dur="8.08">laboratories all the isolation centers</text><text start="114.24" dur="6.96">there was a huge lack of beds to treat</text><text start="117.92" dur="5.68">patients so all this has uh</text><text start="121.2" dur="4.559">yeah has required a huge efforts from</text><text start="123.6" dur="5.84">from nigerian authorities</text><text start="125.759" dur="6.881">and still we think that</text><text start="129.44" dur="5.92">it will be a long crisis still for</text><text start="132.64" dur="4.4">many months to come because the rate of</text><text start="135.36" dur="4.959">the testing is so slow</text><text start="137.04" dur="7.36">and of course this is a big hugely</text><text start="140.319" dur="7.121">populated country uh 200 million people</text><text start="144.4" dur="5.28">so the challenges are enormous</text><text start="147.44" dur="3.68">um the health sector is hugely</text><text start="149.68" dur="4.639">underfunded</text><text start="151.12" dur="6.32">also to deal with the socio-economic</text><text start="154.319" dur="6.881">impact of the crisis which was further</text><text start="157.44" dur="7.76">exacerbated by declining oil prices</text><text start="161.2" dur="5.36">so the whole um yeah economic situation</text><text start="165.2" dur="6.56">is also</text><text start="166.56" dur="8.48">very bad at the moment</text><text start="171.76" dur="4.559">so the u.n was thinking of setting up a</text><text start="175.04" dur="3.76">basket fund</text><text start="176.319" dur="4.56">for the coveted 19 response we signed</text><text start="178.8" dur="4.64">the contribution agreement with the u.n</text><text start="180.879" dur="3.761">and five days later the first projects</text><text start="183.44" dur="4.159">were approved</text><text start="184.64" dur="4.239">by the board of the basket fund so that</text><text start="187.599" dur="10.481">is our main</text><text start="188.879" dur="11.28">activity put together extremely fast</text><text start="198.08" dur="2.079">you</text></transcript>