G-20 Pledges More Than $21 Billion to Fight Coronavirus
G-20 Pledges More Than $21 Billion to Fight Coronavirus
12:25, 06.06.2020

The Group of 20 rich and emerging economies has pledged more than $21 billion to fight the coronavirus, the group said early Saturday.

“The G-20, with invited countries, has coordinated the global efforts to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, G-20 members and invited countries have pledged over US$21 billion to support funding in global health,” the group said in a statement.

The pledges will be directed toward diagnostics, vaccines, therapeutics, and research and development, the statement added.

At least 394,787 people have died globally from COVID-19 and more than 6.7 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus that causes it, following an outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, in early December, as reported by Voice of America.





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