Moscow, Apr 3 (Sputnik) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on all countries to protect education amid the coronavirus-linked lockdown.
According to the secretary-general, about 1 billion students are currently suffering from school closures and other restrictions linked to COVID-19.
“At this pivotal moment, I call on all countries to protect education and use the recovery to narrow access divides, expand digital connectivity & reimagine learning,” Guterres wrote on his Twitter page on late Friday.
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020. To date, more than 130.1 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 2.83 million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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