US President Joe Biden warned nations attending Thursday's virtual global summit on COVID-19 that there was 'still so much left to do' to quell the pandemic, as more than $3 billion in new funding was pledged.
In his remarks to the summit, US President Joe Biden said that while progress had been made on global vaccinations and delivering medical equipment to countries in need,"there's still so much left to do. This pandemic isn't over." FILE PHOTO
The United States crossed a grim milestone as the summit began, with the White House announcing that more than one million Americans have now died due to COVID-19, the pandemic's highest recorded death toll in the world. The White House announced that the summit had "garnered new financial commitments totaling more than $3 billion in new funding... above and beyond pledges made to date in 2022."
"We want to prevent complacency. The pandemic is not over," a senior US official said of Thursday's meeting, which follows a first global huddle last September.The virtual gathering was co-chaired by the United States, along with current G7 president Germany, G20 president Indonesia, African Union chair Senegal, and Belize, the current chair of the CARICOM Caribbean grouping.
"You will hear a loud call" to Congress, the US official said. "We know the virus is not waiting for Congress. So we need urgent, urgent action."
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