New York, April 6 -- : With the world under the grip of COVID-19, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres indicated that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) may meet soon to discuss the pandemic, which has infected more than 1.2 million worldwide and killed close to 70,000.

Responding to media questions after a briefing at the UN headquarters here Guterres said, "I've just received an invitation from the Presidency of the Security Council at the request of a number of Member States to brief the Council, which I will do, I believe, next week."

Since the global outbreak of COVID-19, the 15-member Security Council has not met even once or come up with an united response or resolution to the pandemic, mostly due to a st...