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<p>The UK is helping to lead the global response to COVID-19, working with our international
partners to stop its spread. We are using UK aid to its full effect to counter the
health, humanitarian, and economic risks and impact of this pandemic in the developing
world. The UK has, so far, pledged £744 million of UK aid to help end this pandemic
as quickly as possible and tackle its humanitarian consequences.</p><p>The UK strongly
supports the United Nation’s Global Humanitarian Response Plan to tackle COVID-19.
Our latest UK aid funding of £200 million, announced on 12 April, will back humanitarian
organisations to help reduce mass infections in developing countries which often lack
the healthcare systems to track and halt the virus. This includes £130 million to
UN agencies in response to their COVID-19 humanitarian appeals.</p><p>By preventing
the virus from spreading in the poorest countries we will save lives and reduce the
risk of future waves of infection spreading around the world, including to the UK.</p>
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