School closures due to the coronavirus pandemic in over 160 countries in mid-July affected more than 1 billion students, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says.
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"That's really the message we want the American people to know, that we have to take this seriously," he added."We need to get these case numbers down." Meanwhile, at least 40 million children have missed out on education"in their critical pre-school year," according to Guterres, who warned that the world faces"a generational catastrophe that could waste untold human potential, undermine decades of progress, and exacerbate entrenched inequalities."
"We are at a defining moment for the world’s children and young people," Guterres said in a video message Tuesday."The decisions that governments and partners take now will have lasting impact on hundreds of millions of young people, and on the development prospects of countries for decades to come."Russia reported 5,159 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, its lowest day-to-day increase since April 23.
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