Costa Rica is winning plaudits for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alice Shackleford, UN Resident Coordinator in Costa Rica, and WHO Representative María Dolores Pérez-Rosales, explain why the small Central American country is managing to keep the number of cases down, and its population healthy.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Gustavo González of Argentina as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in the Philippines, with the host Government’s approval.
UN teams worldwide are uniting with governments, implementing partners and the private sector to fight COVID-19 together. We highlight some of the global responses as of 29 May 2020.
UN teams across the globe are working together with governments and partners to address the immediate needs of their country. Here, are some of the coordinated responses to COVID-19 worldwide as of 8 May 2020.