The Covid-19 pandemic is the world's worst crisis since World War II, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday.
While the Covid-19 pandemic has already affected more than 850,000 people in 202 countries, and caused the death of more than 40,000 of them, the Secretary General Antonio Guterres recently said that the world is currently facing its worst crisis since World War II.
“The combination of a disease that threatens the entire planet and an economic impact leading to a recession unprecedented in the recent past make this crisis "the greatest challenge we have faced since 1945 the Secretary General recently told the media.
While many rich countries are currently overwhelmed by the number of patients and the lack of resources, Antonio Guterres also called for "unity and international solidarity in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus in developing countries that are even less equipped to respond to this crisis.
“What is needed is a coordinated and comprehensive multilateral response. We are slowly moving in the right direction , he added, but we need to step up and do more if we are to defeat the disease and support those in need ". Beyond the traditional aid from rich countries to the poor, "we have to find innovative financial instruments that will make it possible to create mechanisms so that these countries can respond to the crisis “.
Failing that, the pandemic could come back as a "boomerang in rich countries from poor countries, especially via Africa, he said, reaffirming that the disease could cause "millions of deaths “.
In this spirit, the UN has its This Tuesday, Côté created a new fund for developing countries with the aim of continuing its humanitarian operations in the field while ensuring the health protection of healthcare personnel and patients. The various UN agencies are also currently assessing where and how humanitarian operations are interrupted to try to identify solutions as quickly as possible. COVID-19 awareness-raising operations are also planned with the most vulnerable communities.
“Once we get out of this crisis, then we will have a choice to make , continued Antonio Guterres. Either return to live in the world as it once was, or deal decisively with the issues that now make us all unnecessarily vulnerable to crisis" .
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