(ANSA) - NEW YORK, APRIL 18 - The second world summit on Covid will be virtual and will be held on 12 May.
This was announced by CasaBianca, underlining that the summit aims to intensify the "collective efforts to put an end to the acute phase of Covid and to prepare for the next health threat".
The virtual meeting will be chaired jointly by the United States and the countries holding the rotating presidency of the main international entities: the current president of the G7, Germany, that of the G20, Indonesia, by the presidents of the African Union, Senegal and Belize. , and from the current presidency of the CARICOM group: the Caribbean.
"The summit will redouble our collective efforts to end the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic and prepare for future health threats," the countries said in a joint statement.
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