UNITED NATIONS : The United Nations chief says the COVID-19 pandemic remains “out of control," with the world approaching “the grimmest of milestones: 1 million lives lost to the virus."Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a news conference Wednesday that the coronavirus “is the number one global security threat in our world today," posing a crisis that is “unlike any in our lifetimes."He said that’s why he called for a global cease-fire on March 23 to tackle the pandemic.And in his speech to world leaders at next Tuesday’s mainly virtual meeting of the U.N.
General Assembly, Guterres said he will make “a strong appeal to the international community to mobilize all efforts for the global cease-fire to become a reality by the end of the.