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As the global economy continues to come
under severe pressure from the outbreak of the coronavirus from China, the
Islamic Development Bank has called for coordinated efforts to tackle the
pandemic.
The President of the IsDB, Dr. Bandar
Hajjar, disclosed this at a recent humanitarian forum hosted in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia.
Dr. Hajjar emphasized the need to
strengthen health systems in developing countries to combat COVID-19 and calm
down market fears.
He expressed solidarity with all affected
countries and the 57 members of the IsDB.
The President assured that the IsDB Group
stands ready to extend all necessary support to address the threat and the
challenge of containment.
"To support
member countries in combating the threat of coronavirus, IsDB Group intends to retrofit existing programs,
scale-up financing for health infrastructure that is fit-for-purpose, and
promote the relevant exchange of experience through reverse linkage to enhance MCs' health system resilience," Hajjar said.
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, over
50 countries have recorded cases of people contracting it.
Of all the member countries of the
IsDB, Iran has the highest incidents of the COVID-19 (see table 1 below): and here is the breakdown;
Table 1 Iran COVID-19
Cases
Country -Iran |
|
Total Number of Cases |
3,513 |
Total Number of Deaths |
107 |
Active Cases |
2,854 |
Total Recovered Cases |
552 |
Source: New York Times
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