New York, NY, September 20, 2020 鈥 As the United States hits 200,000 COVID-19 deaths six months into the pandemic, the 探花精选 expresses concern for U.S. ability to protect COVID vulnerable populations at home and abroad.
Nazanin Ash, the Vice President of Policy & Advocacy at the 探花精选, said, 鈥淭his virus continues to prey upon and multiply deep inequality, whether in the highest or lowest-income nations worldwide.
鈥淚n the US, this is most obvious with the disproportionate impact on persons of color and rising food insecurity rates across the country. Refugees and new Americans are among those impacted by these vulnerabilities but are also the frontline workers - from healthcare to logistics - who are helping America mitigate and recover from this crisis. Refugees and immigrants in the United States make up one out of four doctors and one out of five food sector workers.
鈥淏ut to beat this virus at home it must also be defeated everywhere around the world.
鈥淭he pandemic is a powerful reminder - especially during the week of the UN General Assembly and as the world is about to hit 1 million COVID-19 deaths globally - that more global cooperation, not less, is needed to defeat this virus everywhere, lest we fail to defeat it anywhere.鈥