The Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has been leading WHO's efforts for containing the coronavirus pandemic.[1] Along with Tedros, Michael J. Ryan, executive director of the WHO's Health Emergencies Program and Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead of COVID-19 Response, appear in press conferences at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva.[48] The WHO-China Joint Mission in February 2020 was headed by Bruce Aylward of WHO and Wannian Liang of China's National Health Commission.[3]