Antonio Guterres said the world was confronting a pandemic threatening people in every country, one that will bring a recession "that probably has no parallel in the recent past”.
The UN secretary-general has warned that coronavirus is the most challenging crisis the world has faced since the Second World War – and that things must change for it to recover.
There is also a risk that the combination of the disease and its economic impact will contribute to "enhanced instability, enhanced unrest, and enhanced conflict", the UN chief said at the launch of a report on the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19.
Guterres called for a much stronger and more effective global response to the coronavirus pandemic and to the social and economic devastation that it is causing.
He stressed that this will only be possible "if everybody comes together and if we forget political games and understand that it is humankind that is at stake”.
His warning came as Spain reported a new record of 864 deaths in one day while total infections broke the 100,000 mark, making it the third country to surpass that milestone behind the United States and Italy.
Meanwhile, the US death toll from coronavirus climbed past 3,500 on Tuesday, eclipsing China's official count.
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