IRC: One billion' could become infected with coronavirus worldwide

IRC: One billion' could become infected with coronavirus worldwide

PanARMENIAN.Net - One billion people could become infected with the coronavirus worldwide unless vulnerable countries are given urgent help, an aid group has warned, according to the BBC.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) said financial and humanitarian aid were needed to help slow the global spread of the virus.

It said "fragile countries" such as Afghanistan and Syria needed "urgent funding" to avoid a major outbreak.

"There remains a small window of time to mount a robust response," it warned.

There have been more than three million confirmed cases of Covid-19 worldwide with more than 200,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University in the US.

The IRC's report, which is based on models and data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Imperial College London, estimated there could be between 500 million and one billion infections globally.

It also said there could be more than three million deaths across dozens of conflict-affected and unstable countries.

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