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An urgent call to fund the global emergency supply system to fight COVID-19

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Panama: WFP and WHO personnel in the WFP-managed United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot preparing to dispatch consignments of personal protective equipment items for WHO. © WFP/Francisco Garrido

Dear donor community,

Humanity is collectively facing its most daunting challenge since the Second World War. COVID-19 knows no borders, spares no country or continent, and strikes indiscriminately. By all accounts, we are at least 12 months away from a vaccine.

In this race against an invisible enemy, all countries must fight back, but not all begin from the same starting line. In countries where the world’s most vulnerable need humanitarian aid and supplies to beat back the pandemic, cancelled flights and disrupted supply routes hit disproportionately hard. It is in everyone’s interest to stop the virus from spreading unchecked, destroying lives and economies, and continuing to circle around the world.

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