WHO has worked day and night to coordinate global COVID-19 response: Tedros

The World Health Organization has been working non-stop since the novel coronavirus emerged, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told its 194 member states on Friday.

"Since the beginning of the pandemic, WHO has worked day and night to coordinate the global response at all three levels of the organization, providing technical advice, catalyzing political solidarity, mobilizing resources, coordinating logistics and much more," Tedros said in his opening remarks at a meeting of the Executive Board.

"So far, almost 800 million U.S. dollars has been pledged or received, leaving a gap of just over 900 million dollars," he said.