Vast global gap between funds needed to fight Covid-19, says WHO chief

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019

The United States played a pivotal role in helping to create the WHO in 1948. Just over 70 years later, President Trump is withdrawing the country from the agency amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Martial Trezzini/EPA
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Dr Mike Ryan, head of WHO's emergencies programme, said the coronavirus was simple, brutal and cruel.

Reuters Geneva
There is a "vast global gap" between funds needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic and funds committed, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, and the WHO was only "10% of the way" there.

More than 19.92 million people have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally and 729,883 have died, according to a Reuters tally.

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

First Published: Aug 10 2020 | 7:02 PM IST

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