UK pledges additional £200 mn to WHO, other charities to help stop second Coronavirus wave

United Kingdom anunced on Sunday that it was pledging an ditional sum of £ 200 million to World Health Organisation (WHO) and or charities to help slow spre of vel Coronavirus in vulnerable countries. amount is aimed at accelerating response efforts to stem second-wave of COVID-19 resurgence across nations worldwide which has killed more than 108, 994 people globally. 

United Nations' (UN) ncies such as WHO, Red Cross, and Charities in homeland and overseas are among organisations government donated an ditional pack of £ 200 million funds under UK aid scheme, International Development Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said in a statement.  funds will be implemented to ramp up healthcare systems, she ded. refore, total funds pledged by UK in fight against COVID-19 have reached £ 744 million, Trevelyan said.

As per release, "A pack of £200 million will back UK charities and international organizations to help reduce mass infections in developing countries which often lack healthcare systems to track and halt virus."

" new UK aid anunced today includes £130 million for UN ncies in response to ir urgent appeal for support. Of this, £65 million will go to  World Health Organization (WHO) which is coordinating international efforts to end pandemic sooner,"  statement re.

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UK's hand of help to weaker ecomies

According to release, at least 80 per cent of population in nations with weaker ecomies like Yemen are in need of medical assistance to overcome  crisis. Only 50 percent of healthcare facilities across third-world nations were operational against COVID-19 pandemic treatment. refore, a furr £ 50 million of £ 200 million relief pack was required to support Red Cross in war-torn nations, and an ditional £ 20 million will go to NGOs dealing with crisis.

Trevelyan said, "While our brilliant doctors and nurses fight coronavirus at home, we're deploying British expertise and funding around  world to prevent a second dely wave reaching UK." 

UK has alrey pledged £ 250 million aid to Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Invations (CEPI) to speed up research on Coronavirus vaccine. 

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