united nations chief criticized the total lack of international coordination in tackling the pukovic 19 pandemic warning that the goethe loan policy of many countries will not help defeat the virus u.n secretary general antonio guterres said in an interview that countries need to understand that by acting in isolation they're creating a situation that's getting out of control he stressed that countries must put together their capacities not only in fighting the pandemic in a coordinated way but in working together to have treatments testing machines and vaccines accessible to everybody