New Delhi: World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s $24 billion package, including free food rations for 800 million disadvantaged people for the next 3 months to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom praised India’s $24 billion economic stimulus plan announced after a 21-day lockdown imposed last week to provide free food rations for 800 million disadvantaged people, cash transfers to 204 million poor women and free cooking gas for 80 million households for the next 3 months.
Watch what WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom said
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“Many developing countries will struggle to implement social welfare programmes of this nature,” he said..
My appreciation to Prime Minister @narendramodi for announcing a $24 billion package to support ??’s vulnerable populations during #COVID19 crisis, including:
-free food rations for 800M disadvantaged people
-cash transfers to 204M poor women
-free cooking gas for 80M households.— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) April 2, 2020
The head of the World Health Organization voiced deep concern about the rapid escalation and global spread of COVID-19 cases from the new coronavirus, which has now reached 206 countries and territories.
