President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has said only a collective international approach will mitigate the devastating effect of COVID-19, while assuring that the Federal Government will intensify efforts to monitor, test and isolate more people, especially at the community level.

President BUHARI, who participated in a virtual Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement, said national, regional and global strategies would be required to tackle the pandemic, which, he said, had ravaged humanity and caused unprecedented devastation to the well-being of people, their livelihoods, and global economy.

The President said the task before the international community remains daunting, and more needs to be done to reduce the impact of COVID-19.

According to him, “It is now clearly evident that no nation can independently and singlehandedly tackle a pandemic of this nature which is no respecter of borders, regions or status.

The President told Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement that the central role of the United Nations and the World Health Organization in fighting the pandemic must be acknowledged and leveraged for the benefit of all member nations.