UNITED NATIONS, March 20 — United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is the most severe health crisis in the history of the UN and is certain to lead to a global recession of potentially record levels.
"We are facing a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations - one that is spreading human suffering, infecting the global economy and upending people’s lives," Sputnik news agency quoted Guterres as saying in a statement.
"A global recession - perhaps of record dimensions - is a near certainty," he further said.
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