The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday proposed 50 billion U.S. dollars to speed up vaccinations, boost testing and tracing, and maintain adequate stocks of therapeutics, urging coordinated global action to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of IMF, said at the virtual Global Health Summit that the economic crisis is closely connected with the health crisis, and that is the reason for the proposal.
