TheWorld Health Organization (WHO) has called for worldwide solidarity in a bid tostop the spread of?novel coronavirus?as the number of cases anddeaths across the globe now outnumber those in China.??
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros AdhanomGhebreyesus said the new coronavirus was an "enemy against humanity," as the number of people infected in the pandemic soared past 200,000 across theworld.?
In the midst of these trying times, the Sikh community,known for their philanthropy have once again stepped in to help people in direneed.?
The Sikh community in UK has decided to help elderlypeople with free nutritious food and are delivering it to their houses?in a bid to helpothers combat the pandemic.? '
A man named Harjinder Singh Kukreja recently took toTwitter to announce that Sikhs in Slough, Berkshire, have come up with ¡®MobileFood Support¡¯ for people aged 65-years and above and will be delivering¡°healthy and nutritious¡± food to them.?
Speaking to News18, Harjinder said: ¡°Sikhs have been atthe forefront of philanthropic work throughout the world. The communityongoingly delves into social causes which make a mammoth difference.¡±
WhenAustralia battled with the unprecedented bushfire crisis, one of the worstwildfires in decades, it was the Sikh community that stood up to contribute torescue operations.
Apart from the initiative in the UK, Sikhs in Australiatoo are helping people caught in self-isolation. According to Mail Online, the?volunteerswill be delivering free food to self-isolated people in?Melbourne'ssouth-east for the next two weeks.??
One of the charity's founders, Jaswinder Singh, said theywere expecting 300 orders for their first round of deliveries tonight.?
"Someof those ordering are sick or disabled and we have had a few messages frompeople who are stressed and have quarantined themselves," Mr Signhtold Mail Online.?
Mr Singh noted the service provided vegetarian food andthat customers could 'decide whatever they need from the menu on our Facebookpage.'
?8,967 people have died so farfrom the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak as of March 19, 2020. There arecurrently 219,240 confirmed cases in 176 countries and territories . Thefatality rate is still being assessed.