Coronavirus is greatest test since WWII: UN chief
(VOVWORLD) - The current coronavirus outbreak is the biggest challenge for the world since World War Two, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday.
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 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech at a press conference in New York on March 10, 2020.
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It is attacking societies at their core, claiming lives and people's livelihoods, and can bring a recession that probably has no parallel in the recent past, he added.
Guterres called for an immediate coordinated health response from the international community to suppress transmission and end the pandemic.