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UN: $90 billion could protect 700 million poor in pandemic

by Associated Press
| April 27, 2020 9:03 PM

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief said Monday that $90 billion could provide income support, food and a health response to the coronavirus pandemic for 700 million of the world’s most vulnerable people — a price tag just 1 percent of the $8 trillion stimulus package the 20 richest countries put in place to safeguard the global economy.

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