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• A new UN initiative aims to push back against the tide of lies and hate that has risen in tandem with the COVID-19 pandemic, by empowering people worldwide to share accurate information to help save lives and promote global solidarity.

• Measures implemented by governments to curb the COVID-19 pandemic have led to drug trafficking routes by air being disrupted, along with drastic reduction or increased interdiction in trafficking routes over land. Some drug supply chains have been interrupted and traffickers are looking for alternative routes, including maritime routes, depending on the types of drugs smuggled. These are some of the findings from a report on drug market trends during COVID-19, launched on 7 May 2020 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

• The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered 16 CT scan machines to strengthen the Iran’s emergency response to COVID-19.

TEHRAN, 11 July 2021 (UNIC) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on World Population Day, 11 July 2021, said that COVID-19 will push 47 million women and girls into extreme poverty.

• United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today appealed for global cease-fires and called on all warring parties to silence their guns in order to fight against a common enemy: COVID-19.

• The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered a new shipment of emergency medical supplies to the Islamic Republic of Iran as part of COVID-19 response meas