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Pandemic an opportunity for terror groups: UN chief

  • U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the COVID-19 pandemic provides new opportunities for the Islamic State extremist group, al-Qaida and their affiliates as well as neo-Nazis, white supremacists and hate groups.
  • The U.N. chief said it’s too early to fully assess the implications of the coronavirus pandemic on terrorism, but all these groups seek to exploit divisions, local conflicts, failures in governing, and other grievances to advance their aims.

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“Progress is stalling because HIV prevention and testing services are not reaching the groups that need them most. Improved targeting of proven prevention and testing interventions and services – including PrEP and HIV self-testing – will be critical to reinvigorate the global response to HIV,” Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said.





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