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The risk of COVID-19 infection from breastfeeding is negligible and has never been documented, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, while warning that not using mother’s milk is linked to more than 820,000 child deaths a year, at a cost to the global economy of some (USD) 300 billion. UNTV CH

The relentless rise of hunger, struggling economies, deepening inequality and an active hurricane season are threatening the people of Latin America and the Caribbean and may have far-reaching consequences unless swift action is taken, warns the United Nations World Food Programme. WFP

As part of World Health Organization (WHO)’s support of Azerbaijan’s response to COVID-19, the REACT-C19 project brought 19 Azerbaijani doctors working abroad in Turkey back to their home country to assist in training medical personnel in proper procedures relating to triage, treatment, and protective gear. WHO

An additional 6.7 million children under the age of five could suffer from wasting – and therefore become dangerously undernourished – in 2020 as a result of the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF warned today. UNICEF

In his address to the Security Council today, the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen appealed for all Syrian warring parties “to carry out unilateral releases of detainees and abductees, and meaningful actions on missing persons - at a scale that is commensurate with the scope of this tragic issue.” UNIFEED

A huge increase in the number of people facing starvation because of the COVID-19 crisis is only one of the many problems UN humanitarians are concerned about because of the pandemic, the United Nations said on Friday. UNTV CH

With new equipment and training, a medical centre providing essential healthcare to over 30,000 refugees and Libyans which had stopped working at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, reopened its doors, much to the relief of the people who need it the most. UNHCR

Tens of thousands of Ethiopian migrants have been stranded in war-ravaged Yemen where they continue to be subjected to arbitrary detention and exposure to COVID-19 infection, forcible relocation and abuse, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

A World Food Programme (WFP) spokesperson today told reporters “the humanitarian situation in Yemen is deteriorating at an alarming rate”, calling donors for an urgent appeal to fund its life-saving operations in the country. WFP needs USD 737 million to the end of the year to keep their humanitarian work ongoing. UNTV CH

“The pandemic shows us once again, albeit particularly painfully, how important it is for us to work together internationally,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel, said today as she and other global leaders addressed the ILO’s Virtual Global Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work. ILO