In a heart-to-heart conversation, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks with Scholastica Dery, a healthcare worker in Ghana on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic who herself got infected. She describes her feelings on hearing the diagnosis, her recovery, and her return to work on the frontlines of the pandemic. Discussing the global response, vaccines, and local concerns, she and the Secretary-General agreed on the need for solidarity across nations to move past the crisis.
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