Biden Calls for Renewed Efforts to Bolster Fight Against Covid-19

Article reports that President Biden is seeking to bolster the U.S. role in the world-wide fight against Covid-19, pledging to share vaccine patents and urging world leaders to redouble their efforts to thwart the virus. “We have to start working to prevent the next variant and the next pandemic now,” Mr. Biden said Thursday at the second virtual Covid-19 Summit, held as the U.S. approaches the milestone of 1 million Covid-19 deaths. “That’s going to require all of us to do more.” Heads of state and organizations convened at the Summit to accelerate efforts to get people vaccinated, enhance access to tests and treatments, and finance and build health security against future pandemics and other health crises. The Summit secured more than $3 billion from countries and philanthropies for Covid-19 relief efforts.