UN says Covid-19 hitting poor and conflict-torn nations worse this year. Here are other updates: 🇦🇺 Cases ease in Australia's Victoria 🇧🇷 Brazil reports 18,999 new cases 🌎 World Bank to finance extra jabs for poorer nations For more:
Members of Somali First Aid Association spray disinfectants in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease at a camp for the internally displaced people in Mogadishu, Somalia April 18, 2021. The Covid-19 pandemic is hitting conflict-ridden and impoverished countries much worse this year than in 2020, with many facing higher caseloads and rising deaths, the UN’s deputy humanitarian chief has warned.
Rajasingham urged the international community to respond by ensuring that the poorest countries have access to protective equipment, oxygen, testing kits and other critical supplies. To tackle the pandemic and the worsening impact on the poorest people, he said, the global humanitarian system is appealing for $36 billion to help 161 million people.
The number of new asymptomatic cases - which China does not classify as confirmed cases - declined to 20 from 24 a day earlier. Victoria detected 10 new local cases, down from 11 a day earlier, with all infections linked to the latest outbreak and in quarantine throughout their infectious period. The lockdown is due to end on Friday but strict stay-home rules could be extended further as daily new cases have stubbornly remained above a hundred, with many still active in the community while infectious.
Covax was set up to ensure 92 developing territories could access coronavirus vaccines to fight the pandemic, with the cost covered by donors.
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