More than 19.92 million people have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally and 729,883 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019. "However to exploit this window, we have to fundamentally scale up the way we are funding the ACT Accelerator and prioritise the use of new tools. There is a vast global gap between our ambition for the ACT Accelerator, and the amount of funds that have been committed." The message is to "suppress, suppress, suppress".

Source: bd News24 August 10, 2020 12:11 UTC