WHO Warns Against Funding Gap in COVID-19 Fight

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that a gap in funding could negatively affect the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, CNBC reported.

“We have to fundamentally scale up the way we are financing the ACT-Accelerator and prioritize the use of new tools.”

said the head of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

“While we’re grateful for those that have made contributions, we’re only 10% of the way to funding the billions required to realize the promise of the ACT Accelerator.”

“No matter where a country, a region, a city or a town is, it’s never too late to turn the outbreak around.”

“There are two essential elements to addressing the pandemic effectively: Leaders must step up to take action and citizens need to embrace new measures.”