Coronavirus fund from UN soon: Norway FM
The United Nations will generate a fund to aid the treatment of coronavirus patients worldwide, Norway's foreign ministry said on Monday. "A multi-donor fund under UN auspices will provide predictability for our partners and create the efforts far better," Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide said in a statement. The objective of the fund is to assist developing countries with weak health systems in addressing the crisis aswell concerning tackle the long-term consequences, the ministry added.
A formal announcement could be made later this week, it said.Almost 340,000 people have already been infected by the novel coronavirus around the world and a lot more than 14,500 have died, with deaths in Italy surpassing the toll in China, where in fact the outbreak began, according to a Reuters tally.
