"Now the G20 needs to increase its ambitions and take bolder measures to enable developing countries to effectively withstand the crisis and prevent the global recession from turning into a global depression," RIA Novosti Guterres quotes.
The UN Secretary General stressed that it is necessary "to eliminate the shortage of funds in the $ 28 billion, which are necessary to finance the Initiative to accelerate access to funds to combat COVID-19 (Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator. -
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It is clarified that this initiative is aimed at increasing the production of essential medical goods and providing basic medical care.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the need to unite efforts to produce a vaccine against coronavirus.