America’s Unwavering Aid By David L. Young Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., U.S. Embassy The story of U.S. leadership in the global battle against COVID-19 is a story of days, months, and decades.  Every day, new U.S. technical and material assistance arrives in hospitals and labs around the world.  These efforts, in turn, build on a decades-long foundation of American expertise, generosity, and planning that is unmatched in history. The United States provides aid for altruistic reasons, because we believe it’s the right thing to do.  We also do it because pandemics don’t respect national borders. If we can help countries contain...

REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE STATEMENT BY THE HON. MINISTER OF FINANCE Dr. BWALYA NG’ANDU ON FURTHER MEASURES AIMED AT MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) ON THE ZAMBIAN ECONOMY APRIL 2020 1.0 PREAMBLE 1. Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen. Let me start by welcoming you all to this morning’s briefing at which we present our assessment of the impact of the Covid19 on economic performance. This is part of the ongoing effort to apprise the country of how we are impacted by this pandemic and it comes as a follow up to a similar briefing which we...

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