Infographics: Must-knows about the G20 virtual summit on COVID-19

18:28, March 26, 2020

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  UN chief to G20: 'We are at war … and not winning'

  In remarks to the G20 virtual summit on the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, "We are at war with a virus — and not winning it."This war needs a wartime plan to fight it," he said, adding that "solidarity" is essential among the G20 and with the deve

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  G20 extraordinary virtual leaders’ summit on COVID-19 begins

  Medical workers wear protective suits and equipment before entering the isolation ward of Wuhan No. 1 Hospital in Wuhan, central Chinas Hubei Province, February 22, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)The Group of 20 (G20) major economies are holding their first video summit on coordinating a global response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is chairing the meeting.Chinese President Xi Jinping is joining the summit via video conference from Beijing, marking his first major multilateral event since the beginning of the virus outbreak.The summit comes at a time when the pandemic rages across the world. The meeting aims to advance a coordinated global response to the outbreak and its human and economic implications.More than 480,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported around the world and 21,000 people have died of the disease, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

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  Xi to attend G20 special summit on COVID-19

  BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) - Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a special Group of 20 (G20) leaders summit on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday in Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced Wednesday.The 13th summit of the Group of 20 (G20) is held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 30, 2018. (File photo: Xinhua)The video summit will be hosted by Saudi Arabia, the G20 Presidency in 2020, Hua said.