GENEVA: The United Nations humanitarian office said needs for assistance have ballooned to unprecedented levels this year because of the coronavirus, projecting that a staggering 235 million people will require help in 2021.

Ambulances queue outside a hospital, where people suffering from the coronavirus disease are treated, in Tbilisi on November 30, 2020, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic. / AFP / Vano SHLAMOV

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