<span style="color: #222222;">The WHO and IMF chiefs insisted on Friday that saving lives was a prerequisite, to saving livelihoods in the Coronavirus pandemic.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said getting the COVID-19 virus under control was necessary to revive economic activity, though they admitted it was difficult to strike the right balance.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The world economy has been pummelled by the virus and the associated lockdowns, with more than half the population of the planet under some kind of stay-at-home order to stem the spread of the virus. COVID-19 has killed more than 50,000 people, while more than a million have tested positive for the virus.</span><br />