WHO issues appeal for $675m to fight novel coronavirus WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls for $675 million (613 million euros) in donations for a plan to fight the novel coronavirus, mainly through investment in countries considered particularly "at risk". He said WHO was sending 500,000 masks and 40,000 respirators to 24 countries from its warehouses in Dubai and Accra. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES of a WHO press conference