Over 2,500 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in South Africa so far, and Zlto has been swiftly refocused to help stop the virus’s spread and blunt the social and economic impact of the crisis.
UN teams across the globe are working together to fight COVID-19, including partnering with the government, private sector and other partners to raise recovery funds. Read about some of the response efforts worldwide as of 17 April 2020.
Millions of people in India have a hand-to-mouth existence, and fast response measures put in place to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, are making life even more difficult for them. Renata Dessallien, the UN Resident Coordinator in India, assesses the current situation.
Here are nine ways our UN teams are working to address what UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as the greatest global crisis since World War II.
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