LONDON, April 14 — More than 117 million children could miss out on immunisation against measles as the Covid-19 pandemic forces social distancing and piles pressure on health services, United Nations health agencies warned on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, April 8 — The coronavirus pandemic may cost the Asia-Pacific region 0.8 per cent of the gross domestic product or, equivalently, US$172 billion due to weakened global demand for their exports alone, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) said in a report published on Wednesday.