NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- At least 51.6 million people worldwide have been affected by floods, droughts or storms and COVID-19, showed the news analysis published Wednesday by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre.
"COVID-19 is directly affecting and increasing the needs of persons affected by climate-related disasters," said the paper, which demonstrated the huge scale of combined impacts of climate-related disasters and the pandemic.
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