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WHO, IMF: Saving lives ‘prerequisite’

Monitoring Desk

GENEVA: The WHO and IMF chiefs insisted Friday that saving lives was a “prerequisite” to saving livelihoods in the coronavirus pandemic — a crisis they called “one of humanity’s darkest hours”.

WHO director-general Tedros and International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina said getting the COVID-19 virus under control first was necessary to revive economic activity — though they admitted it was difficult to strike the right balance.

The Frontier Post

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