The World Health Organization has received pledges of almost $690 million from global donors with most of it coming from Kuwait for its fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd April, 2020) The World Health Organization has received pledges of almost $690 million from global donors with most of it coming from Kuwait for its fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.
"We are delighted to say that almost $690 million has now been pledged... for WHO work [on the COVID-19]," he told reporters at a virtual media briefing. "I would like to thank the state of Kuwait, which is becoming one of the largest donors with a total of $660 million."
