White House lays out new global targets in coronavirus pandemic fight

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President Biden plans to call on global leaders to make new commitments to fight the coronavirus pandemic, including fully vaccinating 70 percent of the world’s population by next September.
 
The goals were shared with global health leaders ahead of a virtual summit the White House is scheduled to convene next week, positioning the event as an opportunity to set worldwide objectives to end the pandemic. The targets, which draw on similar goals laid out by the World Health Organization and other global health experts, include providing billions of dollars in tests, oxygen and other supplies to developing countries, and setting up a financing system to pay for the global health response by next year.
 
“During the Summit, President Biden will call on chiefs of state, heads of government and international organizations, business, philanthropic, and non-governmental leaders to come together to commit to ending the COVID-19 pandemic, Participants will identify concrete actions and set the ambitious targets needed to achieve that goal and prepare the world for future health security threats.”
 
The event — the Global COVID-19 Summit: Ending the Pandemic and Building Back Better — is slated to be held Sept. 22, during ongoing meetings convened by the U.N. General Assembly, and would kick off a series of planned summits. Follow-up events slated for later this year and early 2022 are intended to hold participants accountable for their commitments, the White House told invitees.
 
 
Source: The Washington Post