"Let's be clear: it's not a choice between health or jobs and the economy. They are interlinked: we will either win on all fronts or fail on all fronts," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told an ILO summit that will be addressed by dozens of heads of state and government via recorded messages. World Health Organisation head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the summit the world had a special duty to protect the millions of healthcare workers at the front line of the crisis and suffering increasing cases of infection and death. "Together we have a duty to protect those who protect us," he said. The UN agency said the fall in global working hours was "significantly worse than previously estimated" in the first half of the year.

Source: bd News24 July 08, 2020 08:37 UTC