United world can defeat COVID-19: Putin

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the international community to unite efforts instead of exchanging accusations in the fight against COVID-19, TASS news agency reported Sunday.

"In order to effectively combat the epidemic, we need to unite efforts rather than slap accusations against each other," said Putin.

He said the world could get rid of the COVID-19 threat by solidarity "rather than on the path of confrontation."