Tue Apr 19, 2022 – 9:22 pm EDT
(WND) — Despite the failure of the COVID-19 vaccines to stop infection and transmission of the virus amid alarming safety signals, President Joe Biden is calling on the world’s political and private sector leaders to meet for a second COVID “summit” to “make new commitments and bring solutions to vaccinate the world.”
The White House said in a statement Monday that the second Global COVID-19 Summit will be held virtually May 12.
“The Summit will redouble our collective efforts to end the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future health threats.”
The U.S., as the chair of the first summit last September, is co-hosting the upcoming meeting with Belize, as CARICOM (Caribbean Community) chair; Germany, holding the G7 presidency; Indonesia, holding the G20 presidency; and Senegal as African Union chair.
The summit, the White House said, will “redouble our collective efforts to end the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future health threats.”
The hosts “are calling on world leaders, members of civil society, non-governmental organizations, philanthropists, and the private sector to make new commitments and bring solutions to vaccinate the world,
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