ເລຂາທິການໃຫຍ່ອົງການສະຫະປະຊາຊາດ ກ່າວໃນການໃຫ້ສຳພາດກັບ BBC ວ່າ ມັນເປັນເລື້ອງທີ່ ໜ້າເສົ້າໃຈ ທີ່ພວກຜູ້ນຳຂອງໂລກ ບໍ່ສາມາດມາປະຊຸມກັນ ເພື່ອປະເຊີນໜ້າກັບໂຄວິດ-19 ແບບທີ່ມີການຮ່ວມໄມ້ຮ່ວມຢ່າງຈະແຈ້ງ.
ທ່ານອານໂຕນີໂອ ກິວເຕເຣັສກ່າວວ່າ ແຕ່ລະປະເທດໄດ້ດຳເນີນໄປຕາມນະໂຍບາຍ ຂອງໃຜລາວ ແຕ່ລະປະເທດກໍມີມູມມອງ ທີ່ແຕກຕ່າງກັນ ມີຍຸດທະສາດ ທີ່ຕ່າງກັນ ແລະດ້ວຍເຫດນີ້ຈຶ່ງປ່ອຍໃຫ້ເຊື້ອໄວຣັສແຜ່ລະບາດໄດ້.
ຫົວໜ້າຂອງອົງການສະຫະປະຊາຊາດ ກ່າວວ່າ ເປັນທີ່ເຫັນໄດ້ຢ່າງຈະແຈ້ງວ່າ ພວກເຮົາຂາດການນຳພາ ໃນການຕໍ່ສູ້ກັບເຊື້ອໄວຣັສ. ທ່ານໄດ້ຮຽກຮ້ອງໃຫ້ປະເທດທີ່ສຳຄັນຕ່າງໆຂອງໂລກ ຮ່ວມມືກັນ ເພື່ອຮ່າງຍຸດທະສາດຮ່ວມ ແລະຫຼັງຈາກນັ້ນ ກໍນຳເອົາປະເທດຕ່າງໆໃນປະຊາຄົມນາໆຊາດທັງໝົດເຂົ້າມາຮ່ວມນຳ.
ອົງການສະຫະປະຊາຊາດກະປະມານວ່າ 8 ເປີເຊັນຂອງປະຊາກອນໂລກ ຊຶ່ງປະມານ 500 ລ້ານຄົນຈະຖືກບັງຄັບໃຫ້ຕົກຢູ່ໃນຄວາມທຸກຍາກ ພາຍໃນທ້າຍປີນີ້ ຍ້ອນໄດ້ຮັບຜົນກະທົບຢ່າງຮ້າຍແຮງຈາກເຊື້ອໄວຣັສນີ້.
ກໍລະນີຜູ້ຕິດເຊື້ອໄວຣັສໂຄໂຣນາຢູ່ໃນທົ່ວໂລກ ຍັງສືບຕໍ່ເພີ້ມຈຳນວນຂຶ້ນເລື້ອຍໆ.
ສູນກາງຊັບພະຍາກອນໄວຣັສໂຄໂຣນາຂອງມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລຈອນສ໌ ຮອບກິນສ໌ ແຈ້ງໃຫ້ຊາບ ໃນຕອນເຊົ້າວັນສຸກມື້ນີ້ວ່າ ມີກໍລະນີຕິດເຊື້ອ ທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບການຢືນຢັນແລ້ວ 3 ລ້ານ 2 ແສນຄົນຢູ່ໃນທົ່ວໂລກ ແລະມີຜູ້ເສຍຊີວິດ 233,000 ຄົນ.
ສະຫະລັດແມ່ນນຳໜ້າໝູ່ໃນຈຳນວນຜູ້ຕິດເຊື້ອທີ່ມີການລາຍງານ ແລະເສຍຊີວິດ. ຈອນສ໌ ຮອບກິນສ໌ແຈ້ງວ່າ ສະຫະລັດມີຜູ້ຕິດເຊື້ອໂຄວິດ-19 ຫຼາຍກວ່ານຶ່ງລ້ານຄົນ ຊຶ່ງປະກອບເປັນປະມານນຶ່ງສ່ວນສາມ ຂອງຜູ້ຕິດເຊື້ອທັງໝົດໃນໂລກ ແລະຫຼາຍກວ່າ 63,000 ຄົນໄດ້ເສຍຊີວິດຍ້ອນເຊື້ອໄວຣັສດັ່ງກ່າວ.
ນາຍົກລັດຖະມົນຕີຂອງອັງກິດ ທ່ານບໍຣິສ ຈອນສັນ ກ່າວໃນວັນພະຫັດວານນີ້ວ່າ ອັງກິດໄດ້ຜ່ານພົ້ນການລະບາດທີ່ແຮງສຸດຂີດ ຂອງໄວຣັສໂຄໂຣນາໄປແລ້ວແລະຈຳນວນຜູ້ຕິດເຊື້ອໃໝ່ ພວມມີທ່າອຽງຫລຸດລົງເລື້ອຍໆ.
ໃນການກ່າວຄຳປາໄສທີ່ສຳຄັນເທື່ອທຳອິດ ຫຼັງຈາກໄດ້ຫາຍດີຈາກການຕິດໂຄວິດ-19 ແລ້ວນັ້ນ ທ່ານຈອນສັນກ່າວວ່າ ທ່ານຈະປະກາດແຜນການໃນອາທິດໜ້າ ກ່ຽວກັບເສດຖະກິດຂອງປະເທດແລະວິທີທາງໃນການດຳລົງຊີວິດ ທີ່ຈະດຳເນີນໃນຂັ້ນຕໍ່ໄປຫຼັງຈາກໄດ້ເກີດການລະບາດທີ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ມີຜູ້ເສຍຊີວິດໄປແລ້ວເກືອບ 27,000 ຄົນ ແລະມີຜູ້ຕິດປະມານ 172,000 ຄົນ.
ທ່ານຈອນສັນມີຄວາມເຫັນໄປໃນແງ່ດີ ກ່ຽວກັບຢາວັກຊີນຕ້ານໄວຣັສໂຄໂຣນາທີ່ພັດທະນາໂດຍພວກນັກວິທະຍາສາດຢູ່ມະຫາວິທະຍາໄລອອກສ໌ຟອດ ແລະບໍລິສັດຢາຂອງອັງກິດຊື່ ອາສຕຣາເຊເນກາ (AstraZeneca). ຖ້າຢາວັກຊີນນີ້ຫາກພິສູດໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າໄດ້ຜົນ ມັນອາດຈະຖືກຜະລິດເພື່ອຈຳໜ່າຍໃນຂອບເຂດທີ່ກວ້າງຂວາງຢູ່ໃນທົ່ວໂລກ ພາຍໃນລະດູໃບໄມ້ຫຼົ່ນປີນີ້.
ຫຼາຍໆປະເທດໃນຢູໂຣບ ເລີ້ມເປີດເສດຖະກິດຂອງຕົນ ແບບຄ່ອຍເປັນຄ່ອຍໄປ ຄືນໃໝ່ແລ້ວ ຫຼືບໍ່ກໍມີແຜນການທີ່ຈະເປີດໃນສອງສາມມື້ຂ້າງໜ້ານີ້. ເສດຖະກິດໃນບັນດາປະເທດທີ່ໃຊ້ເງິນຢູໂຣໄດ້ຫົດໂຕລົງ 3.8 ເປີເຊັນ ໃນໄລຍະ 3 ເດືອນທຳອິດຂອງປີນີ້.
ໃນຂະນະດຽວກັນ ນາຍົກລັດຖະມົນຕີຣັດເຊຍ ທ່ານມີເຄລ ມິຊຸສຕິນ (Mikhail Mishustin) ໄດ້ປະກາດໃນວັນພະຫັດວານນີ້ວ່າ ທ່ານຖືກກວດພົບວ່າຕິດເຊື້ອໄວຣັສໂຄໂຣນາ. ໂທລະພາບຂອງທາງການຣັດເຊຍໄດ້ອອກຂ່າວກ່ຽວກັບການໂທລະສັບໂອ້ລົມຂອງທ່ານກັບປະທານາທິບໍດີຣັດເຊຍ ທ່ານວລາດີເມຍ ປູຕິນ. ຮອງນາຍົກລັດຖະມົນຕີຜູ້ທີ່ນຶ່ງຂອງຣັດເຊຍ ທ່ານອານເດຣ ເບລູຊອບ ຈະເຂົ້າຮັບໜ້າທີ່ແທນທ່ານມິຊຸສຕິນ ໃນລະຫວ່າງທີ່ທ່ານຖືກແຍກປ່ຽວເພື່ອປິ່ນປົວພະຍາດຢູ່ນັ້ນ.
The United Nations Secretary-General said in an interview with the BBC that it is a “tragedy” that the world’s leaders have not been able “to come together to face COVID-19 in an articulated coordinated way.”
Antonia Guterres said, “Each country went with its own policy, different countries with different perspectives, different strategies and this has allowed the virus to spread.”
The U.N. chief said “It’s obvious we lack leadership” in the fight against the virus. He urged the world’s “key countries . . . to come together and to have a common strategy and then to bring with them the whole of the international community.”
The U.N. estimates that 8% of the world’s population, about 500 million people, could be forced into poverty by year’s end because of the devastation brought by the virus.
The global tally of coronavirus cases continues to creep upwards.
The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center said early Friday there are more than 3.2 million confirmed cases worldwide with more than 233,000 deaths.
The United States leads the world in the number of reported cases and deaths. Hopkins says the U.S. has over a million COVID-19 cases - approximately a third of the world’s total. More than 63,000 people have died in the U.S. from the virus.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday that Britain is past the peak of the coronavirus outbreak and the number of new infections is on a downward slope.
In his first major address after recovering from COVID-19, Johnson said he would announce a plan next week on how the country’s economy and lifestyle are to move forward after the pandemic that has killed close to 27,000 people in Britain and infected about 172,500.
Johnson is optimistic about a coronavirus vaccine being developed by Oxford University scientists and the British drug company AstraZeneca. If the vaccine proves to be effective, it could become widely available worldwide this fall.
Many European countries have already begun gradually reopening or have plans to do so in the coming days. The economy in the eurozone – European countries that use the common euro currency – shrank a record 3.8% in the first quarter of the year.
Meanwhile, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced Thursday he had tested positive for the coronavirus. State television showed his video call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mishustin will be replaced by First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov while he is in self-isolation.
Russia has more than 106,000 COVID-19 cases and more 1,000 deaths, according to Hopkins.The country’s economy has been hit by huge losses in oil revenue resulting from the global oil glut caused by worldwide shutdowns.
Russia’s Tass news agency quoted Putin on Thursday as saying the country’s economic recovery plan must consider a new reality.
“We know the world is changing. The crisis relating to the coronavirus pandemic has influence on the key markets, on the system of cooperative ties. Companies, including Russian ones, are looking for and quickly implementing fundamentally new business models,” Putin said.
The U.S. government also is looking for ways to restart its economy, which suffered a 4.8% loss in the first quarter, with more than 30 million unemployment claims filed in the past six weeks.
The Trump administration is not planning to extend federal coronavirus restrictions that expired Thursday, focusing instead on its efforts to work with states on plans to reopen the country.
U.S. governors have been deciding when and at what pace to relax restrictions on nonessential businesses and group gatherings and end stay-at-home orders in their states. Some states have already begun phasing out those restrictions, even though the pandemic remains rampant.
Discussions about relaxing lockdown orders are also taking place in Asia. In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday his government is consulting experts about whether to extend a state of emergency that is set to expire May 6.
Japan has about 14,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, and Abe said the situation remains “severe.”
U.N. humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock told the Security Council that there are 44 confirmed cases and four deaths in Syria, a country he said cannot be expected “to cope with a crisis that is challenging even the wealthiest nations.”
In Yemen, health officials reported the country’s first two coronavirus deaths, as well as a cluster of new cases in the southern port city of Aden that has been a focal point in a five-year civil war.
The World Bank said developing countries would be hardest hit, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly half of the continent’s job losses have occurred.
It also said the economic downturn in South Asia would likely be the region’s worst in 40 years.
