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A man wearing protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), stands in front of a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, March 10, 2020. —Picture by REUTERS

Covid-19 pandemic most severe health crisis in 75 years

UNITED NATIONS, March 20 — United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is the most severe health crisis in the history of the UN and is certain to lead to a global recession of potentially record levels.

“We are facing a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations – one that is spreading human suffering, infecting the global economy and upending people’s lives,” Sputnik news agency quoted Guterres as saying in a statement.

“A global recession – perhaps of record dimensions – is a near certainty,” he further said.

— Bernama

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