What you need to know about the COVID-19 breath test 2:15 (CNN) — The United States will join Belize, Germany, Indonesia and Senegal in hosting the second global COVID-19 summit, to be chaired by the United States itself. . The event will be held virtually on May 12. The first global covid summit was held in September 2021. “Ahead of the summit on May 12, we call on world leaders, members of civil society, non-governmental organizations, philanthropists and the private sector to make new commitments and solutions to vaccinate the world, save lives now and build better health security, for everyone and everywhere,” the countries said in a joint statement. Topics to be covered include vaccination, testing and treatment, healthcare workforce, research and development, and financing pandemic preparedness.