Orange with Media Services, published on Monday April 18, 2022 at 5:42 p.m. It was the White House that announced the holding of this summit on April 18. US President Joe Biden had already held one, in September 2021. He had asked to further develop vaccination in the world. Washington announced Monday, April 18, the holding of a world summit to put an end to the epidemic of Covid-19 and “prepare for future threats related to health”. This meeting will take place on May 12 by videoconference. The United States, Germany, Indonesia, Senegal, and Belize will chair this virtual meeting. “The summit will redouble our collective 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, non-governmental organizations and the private sector to make new commitments and deliver 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 involved in the summit. It will be the second global summit on the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than six million people worldwide and disrupted the global economy, since it began to spread in December 2019. And today, well that the death rate due to covid-19 has decreased significantly around the world, the spread of the virus, particularly its Omicron variant, is preventing several countries from lifting restrictions, starting with China, where millions of people are still confined. In addition to containment measures in the Middle Kingdom, Shanghai has announced the death of three people since the end of March. For its part, India disputes WHO estimates of at least 4 million deaths attributed to covid-19. Covid-19 disease is far from endemic and can still cause “large epidemics”, had World Health Organization officials said Thursday. “We are still in the middle of this pandemic, we all wish it weren’t, but we are not at an endemic stage,” said WHO covid-19 chief Maria. Van Kerkhove.