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The Coronavirus COVID

The COVID-19 pandemic is the most serious global health crisis since World War 2. It has now spread to every continent except Antarctica and has caused over 1 million deaths. The UNDP administrator warns that the death toll is staggering and we must work together to slow the spread. The pandemic is also an unprecedented socio-economic crisis that is stressing every country and has the potential to cause deep and long-lasting effects. UNDP is leading the UN's socio-economic recovery efforts alongside WHO's health response and humanitarian relief plans.

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The Coronavirus COVID

The COVID-19 pandemic is the most serious global health crisis since World War 2. It has now spread to every continent except Antarctica and has caused over 1 million deaths. The UNDP administrator warns that the death toll is staggering and we must work together to slow the spread. The pandemic is also an unprecedented socio-economic crisis that is stressing every country and has the potential to cause deep and long-lasting effects. UNDP is leading the UN's socio-economic recovery efforts alongside WHO's health response and humanitarian relief plans.

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The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time

and the greatest challenge we have faced since World War Two. Since its
emergence in Asia late last year, the virus has spread to every continent except
Antarctica.

We have now reached the tragic milestone of one million deaths, and the human
family is suffering under an almost intolerable burden of loss.

“The climbing death toll is staggering, and we must work together to slow the spread
of this virus.” - UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner.

But the pandemic is much more than a health crisis, it's also an
unprecedent socio-economic crisis. Stressing every one of the
countries it touches, it has the potential to create devastating
social, economic and political effects that will leave deep and longstanding scars.
UNDP is the technical lead in the UN’s socio-economic recovery, alongside the
health response, led by WHO, and the Global Humanitarian Response Plan, and
working under the leadership of the UN Resident Coordinators.

Every day, people are losing jobs and income, with no way of knowing when
normality will return. Small island nations, heavily dependent on tourism, have empty
hotels and deserted beaches. The International Labour Organization  estimates that
400 million jobs could be lost.

The World Bank projects a US$110 billion decline in remittances this year, which
could mean 800 million people will not be able to meet their basic needs.

UNDP response
Every country needs to act immediately to prepare, respond, and recover. United
Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has launched a US$2 billion global
humanitarian response plan in the most vulnerable. Developing countries could lose
at least US$220 billion in income, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development has called for US$2.5 trillion  to support them.

Drawing on our experience with other outbreaks such as Ebola, HIV, SARS, TB and
malaria, as well as our long history of working with the private and public sector,
UNDP will help countries to urgently and effectively respond  to COVID-19 as part of
its mission to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and build resilience to crises and
shocks.
The next phase of UNDP’s COVID-19 crisis response is designed to help decision-
makers look beyond recovery, towards 2030, making choices and managing
complexity and uncertainty in four main areas: governance, social protection, green
economy, and digital disruption. It encompasses our role in technically leading the
UN’s socio-economic response.

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