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US Pledges Additional Foreign Aid to Battle COVID-19

Nike Ching

   STATE DEPARTMENT - The United States announced additional foreign
   assistance funding Thursday to help 64 at-risk countries battle the
   COVID-19 global pandemic while welcoming "continued,
   no-strings-attached" contributions from other nations.

   "Today, I am pleased to announce that the United States has made
   available nearly $274 million in emergency health and humanitarian
   funding," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday in a
   statement.

   The $274 million in foreign aid includes $100 million that was
   announced in early February, $110 million in new international disaster
   assistance, and $64 million in humanitarian assistance for the U.N.
   High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to assist in its pandemic
   response efforts for some of the world's most vulnerable populations.

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