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Food insecurity levels in the Sahel region are “spiralling out of control”, the World Food Programme (WFP) said today, as it expressed concerns about the potential impact on humanitarian supply chains because of restrictions imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. UNTV CH / FILE

A weekly market at Sakure, along the border between South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is closed as the South Sudanese Government’s effort to mitigate the global threat posed by COVID-19. UNMISS

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric expressed concern over “the potential impact of the virus on millions of people across Syria, and particularly the over 900,000 people who remain displaced due to hostilities since December 1st in the country’s northwest.” UNIFEED

At a joint virtual press briefing, Secretary-General António Guterres, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Mark Lowcock, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Henrietta Fore and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, launch a $2 billion coordinated global humanitarian response plan, to fight COVID-19 in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries in a bid to protect the millions most at risk.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Humanitarian actors are gearing up to find solutions for vulnerable communities hardest-hit by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including millions of children whose schools have closed, depriving them of essential meals, the World Food Programme (WFP) said today. UNTV CH

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Sixty-five-year old John Rotto is living with his family in a camp for displaced people in Rimenze, No longer able to farm his land, he is relying on making fishing nets instead to survive, bringing in meager USD 3.5 a day. UNMISS