World needs to spend at least $100 bln on new tools to fight virus - WHO
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13 August, 2020, 10:20 pm
Last modified: 13 August, 2020, 10:26 pm
More than 20.69 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and almost 750,000have died
FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) are pictured during the World Health Assembly (WHA) following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
The world needs to spend at least $100 billion on new tools to address the coronavirus pandemic, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday.
More than 20.69 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and almost 750,000have died, according to a Reuters tally.
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