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UN makes record appeal for coronavirus fight

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Jul 17, 2020
UN makes record appeal for coronavirus fight

A baby receives limited treatment at Sabeen hospital in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, Image copyright
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In Yemen, a quarter of all those validated to have had the virus have died from it.

The United Nations is making an appeal for $103 billion (₤ 8.2 billion) to assist battle the coronavirus pandemic, its largest ever fundraising call.

The UN states up to 265 million people could face starvation by the end of the year due to the fact that of the effect of Covid-19

The money will be for utilized for low income and delicate countries.

The UN warned that failure to act could reverse years of advancement. It initially asked for $2 billion in its very first coronavirus appeal in March.

The coronavirus pandemic is having a substantial effect on the world’s poorest, the BBC’s Imogen Foulkes reports from Geneva.

This revised appeal is a record, but,

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