Orange with media services, published on Monday, April 18, 2022 at 17:42
It was the White House that announced on April 18 that this summit would be held. US President Joe Biden held one in September 2021.
He had called for vaccinations to be further developed worldwide.
Washington announced Monday, April 18, that a world summit would be held to end the Covid-19 epidemic and Preparing for future health-related threats. This meeting will take place on May 12 via video conference. The United States, Germany, Indonesia, Senegal and Belize will chair this virtual meeting. “The summit will redouble our joint efforts to end the acute phase of the Covid-19 outbreak and prepare for future health-related threats,” the countries said in a joint statement released by Washington.
“We call on world leaders, members of civil society, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to make new commitments and provide solutions to immunize the world’s population, save lives now, and build better health security around the world,” said the US Administration and the countries participating in the summit. This will be the second World Summit to the corona pandemic, which has killed more than six million people worldwide and turned the global economy upside down since it began to unfold in December 2019.
And today, although the death rate from Covid-19 has decreased significantly around the world, the virus, especially its variant, is spreading omicronprevents several countries from lifting restrictions, starting with China, where Millions of people are still locked up. In addition to containment measures in China, Shanghai has announced the death of three people since the end of March. India, for its part, disputes WHO estimates of at least 4 million deaths attributed to Covid-19.
Covid-19 disease is anything but endemic and can still cause “major epidemics,” World Health Organization officials said Thursday. “We are still in the middle of this pandemic, we all wish it wasn’t, but we are not at an endemic stage,” said WHO Covid-19 chief Maria Van Kerkhove.