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The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked an outpouring of solidarity from people around the world. This reaction includes refugees keen to help in the countries where they now live. Many refugees in Europe involved in medicine in their home countries are finding new ways to use their skills to help care for those in need. The (UNHCR) features the stories of doctors from Libya and Somalia, among refugee medics joining the battle to fight COVID-19 and save lives.

While the COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc around the globe, the remoteness of the Pacific Islands has left people living there vulnerable in many different ways. 

Despite being confronted with an unprecedented threat, the (IFAD) partners with Brazilian organizations to quickly coordinate small rural producers to create hairnets and gowns for the local health departments. These efforts would not enjoy nearly as much success without the solidarity they have demonstrated – and which, as UN Secretary-General António Guterres reminds us, is crucial to overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Nature is sending us another wake-up call with the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside Australian bushfires, broken heat records and the worst locust invasion in Kenya for 70 years. Our destruction of nature is hurting humanity. While our immediate priority must be to protect people from COVID-19 and prevent its spread, our long-term response must tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. To prevent further zoonotic disease outbreaks the destruction of nature for farming, mining and housing must end.

As COVID-19 spreads, so does misinformation. Test how much you know about the virus and help tackle misinformation by sharing this quiz with your family, friends and colleagues.

From teaming up with some of the best-known football stars and popular local musicians, to launching a direct messaging campaign, the United Nations is joining forces with new partners to share vital information about coronavirus. These efforts include the  World Health Organization (WHO) launch of a dedicated  in Arabic, English, French and Spanish, partnering with WhatsApp and Facebook to share critical guidance on COVID-19. WhatsApp Health Alert attracted 10 million users in the first days of launch.

From selling fake coronavirus cures online to cyberattacks on hospitals, crime and misinformation is also increasing during the COVID-19 crisis. �鶹��ý has stepped up its fight against a proliferation of false information about the virus. The excessive amount of information, infodemics, can hamper an effective public health response and create confusion and distrust among people. Secretary-General António Guterres has also warned about the dangerous epidemic of misinformation.

With coronavirus transmission on the rise in most Latin American countries, there is a small window of opportunity for Governments to slow the spread of the virus, reduce the impact on health systems and save lives. , the specialized health agency for the Americas that also serves as the regional office of the (WHO), is working with Governments to protect their health personnel. It is vital that countries decide what social distancing measures need to be implemented and for how long.

Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to UN healthcare personnel who are working to ensure the well-being of UN personnel during the COVID-19 crisis. As of March 2020, the United Nations has 763 healthcare personnel working in various medical facilities around the world, including in headquarters and field offices delivering services to support UN personnel in their vital work. Mr. Guterres expressed his continued support for their efforts, stressing: “I’m entirely behind you.”

�鶹��ý is rushing to protect Africa from the COVID-19 onslaught that would lead to massive losses of lives and unprecedented social and economic damage.   The novel coronavirus is now poised to move fast into the developing world “in a very dangerous way”, and into areas that lack the resources to respond, said . The is calling on the Group of 20 countries to support Africa in an immediate health and human response, to include an emergency economic stimulus to African governments.

’s leading public health expert says prevention and inclusion must be at the heart of the response for displaced people, especially in areas with weak health services. The Refugee Agency is working to slow the spread of the corona virus, reduce its impact and save lives among the refugee population and internally displaced peoples. Most of the world’s 25.9 million refugees are hosted in developing countries, putting extraordinary strain on already fragile local health-care services.

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