The Covid-19 pandemic "threatens all of humanity," said Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary general, on Wednesday. The organization is also appealing for donations of up to $ 2 billion.

As more than a third of humanity is now called upon to contain itself, the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic "threatens all of humanity," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday, launching a "Global humanitarian response plan" extending until December, with a call for donations of up to $ 2 billion.

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The objective of this plan "is to enable us to fight the virus in the poorest countries in the world and meet the needs of the most vulnerable, including women and children, the elderly, the disabled and the chronically ill "said the UN chief in a video statement.

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