European leaders have pledged to raise billions of pounds to help find a vaccine and treatments for COVID-19.
An online conference is being held on Monday aiming to raise £6.6bn in funding, to support the "international alliance" developing a response to the pandemic.
The conference is being co-hosted by the European Commission and other countries including Britain, Canada and France.
Lucy Hough has more from Brussels.
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