UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres holds an online press conference from the UN headquarters in New York on March 25. Photo: Kyodo
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres holds an online press conference from the UN headquarters in New York on March 25. Photo: Kyodo

UN chief calls coronavirus pandemic worst crisis since World War II

  • At launch of report on socioeconomic impact of Covid-19, Secretary General Antonio Guterres says pandemic may bring recession with ‘no parallel in recent past’
  • World leaders urged to ‘forget political games’ and understand that ‘humankind is at stake’

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres holds an online press conference from the UN headquarters in New York on March 25. Photo: Kyodo
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres holds an online press conference from the UN headquarters in New York on March 25. Photo: Kyodo
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