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<p>The UK is at the forefront of the global response to COVID-19. We are using UK
aid to its full effect to counter the health, humanitarian and economic risks of this
global pandemic. We have committed up to £544 million of UK aid to combat COVID-19
and to reinforce the global effort to find a vaccine. We are keeping all further international
funding under regular review.</p><p>The UK’s response includes:</p><p>- Support channelled
through multilateral partners, including funding in response to the World Health Organization’s
(WHO’s) Strategic Response Plan which will help prevent the spread of this pandemic
by supporting developing countries to rapidly identify and care for patients with
symptoms.</p><p>- Investment in research and development to support the development
of a possible vaccine, as well as more immediate gains such as rapid diagnostics and
therapeutics.</p><p>- Up to £150 million to the International Monetary Fund’s Catastrophe
Containment and Relief Trust, to help enable developing countries to direct greater
resources to their healthcare efforts, helping prevent the virus from spreading around
the world.</p><p> </p>
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