NEW DELHI, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appealed to citizens that they should not be careless in the fight against COVID-19 till a proper vaccine is available in the country.
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- One in six children, or 356 million globally, lived in extreme poverty before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the situation is set to worsen significantly, according to a new analysis by the World Bank and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
BRUSSELS, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Leaders and experts in Europe are calling on citizens to take responsibility and make sacrifice so as to help contain a record increase of new coronavirus cases in many European countries.
-- The momentum of infections worldwide has been accelerating over the past couple of months; -- Health experts say the reasons behind the surging caseload are both colder weather and wanton violation of precautionary measures; -- "Equitably sharing vaccines is the fastest way to safeguard high-risk communities, stabilize health systems and drive a truly global economic recovery," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. BEIJING, Oct.
