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With seven confirmed COVID-19 cases in Somalia, the United Nations and their humanitarian partners in the country are urgently reprioritizing activities to help prepare the response to the pandemic. UNTV CH

The World Food Programme (WFP) said it was vital that at this time of global crisis, WFP maintain its food assistance programmes which offer a lifeline to 87 million vulnerable people around the world. WFP

Following the release of a summary of the investigation by the Board of Inquiry on Syria, UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said, “It would have been a much better and much thorough process if all member states had cooperated fully with the inquiry.” UNIFEED

The Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus said, "medical masks must be prioritized for health workers on the front lines of the response, adding that the Organization is "concerned that the mass use of medical masks by the general population could exacerbate the shortage of these specialized masks for the people who need them most." WHO

International Monetary Fund's (IMF) chief warned of false trade-off between the importance of health and economies: “Saving lives and protecting livelihoods go hand in hand.” IMF

World Health Programme (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that "more than 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 have now been reported to WHO, including more than 50,000 deaths." WHO

A spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), reported that following High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet’s call for governments to reduce overcrowding in prisons to prevent “catastrophic rates” of COVID-19 infection, “a number of countries have indeed been taking action on this front.” OHCHR

UN chief Antonio Guterres said his global ceasefire appeal is resonating across the world but noted that there is “huge distance between declarations and deeds” and stressed that to “silence the guns, we must raise the voices for peace.” UNIFEED

With COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sudan as two days ago, measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in the country are now having an impact on humanitarian access, deliveries and services. UNTV CH

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