Coronavirus: UN, 15 billion dollars are needed within 3 months

(ANSA) - GENEVA, SEPTEMBER 10 - It takes a "huge leap" in funding - 15 billion dollars within three months - to increase the chances of finding a cure for the new coronavirus and making the world "prosper again": the secretary said General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres during the first working meeting of the council responsible for piloting the international system created to accelerate access to the tools to combat Covid-19, the ACTAccelerator. "Without an infusion of 15 billion dollars within three months, and starting immediately, we would lose the opportunity" to accelerate the fight against the pandemic and provide all countries with the means to fight it, warned Guterres. The approximately $ 3 billion already paid was "essential", he admitted, stressing that "now it takes $ 35 billion to go from the" start-up "phase to a full-scale and impact phase." "The ACT Accelerator will not be able to achieve its goals without a significant increase in funding," Guterres reiterated during the WHO weekly press conference. was less than 10% of the requirement. (HANDLE).