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GENEVA: World leaders pledged on Friday to accelerate work on Covid-19 tests, drugs and vaccines and share them around the world, but the United States was not involved in launching the World Health Organization (WHO) initiative. ).<\/p>\n
French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa were among those who joined a video conference to launch what the WHO had called a "historic collaboration" to combat the pandemic.<\/p>\n
The goal is to accelerate the development of safe and effective drugs, tests and vaccines to prevent, diagnose and treat Covid-19, the lung disease caused by the new coronavirus, and to ensure equitable access to treatment for the rich and poor.<\/p>\n
"We face a common threat that we can only overcome with a common approach," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the virtual meeting began.<\/p>\n
\u201cExperience has told us that even when the tools are available, they have not been equally available to everyone. We cannot allow that to happen. "<\/p>\n
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the goal of a global engagement effort in early May would be to raise 7.5 billion euros ($ 8.10 billion) to accelerate prevention work, diagnosis and treatment.<\/p>\n
"This is only a first step, but more will be needed in the future," von der Leyen said at the conference.<\/p>\n
Macron said: We will continue to mobilize all G7 and G20 countries to support this initiative. And I hope to reconcile ourselves with this joint initiative of both China and the United States. USA, because it is about saying: the fight against Covid-19 is a common human good and there should be no division to win this battle.<\/p>\n
Ramaphosa, president of the African Union, warned that the continent, with its generally low standards of medical care, was "extremely vulnerable to the ravages of this virus and needs support."<\/p>\n
Leaders from Asia, the Middle East, and America also joined the video conference, but a spokesman for the US mission in Geneva had previously said the United States would not participate.<\/p>\n
"There will be no official United States participation," he said in an email response to a query. "We hope to learn more about this initiative in support of international cooperation to develop a vaccine for Covid-19 as soon as possible." The President of the United States, Donald Trump, criticized the WHO for being slow to react to the outbreak and for being "focused on China" and announced a suspension of funds.<\/p>\n
Tedros has strongly advocated for WHO's management of the pandemic and has repeatedly committed to conducting a post-pandemic assessment, as the agency does with all crises.<\/p>\n
According to a count, more than 2.7 million people have been infected with Covid-19 and nearly 190,000 have died from it since the new coronavirus emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year.<\/p>\n
More than 100 potential Covid-19 vaccines are being developed, including six that are already in clinical trials, said Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO of the GAVI vaccine alliance, a public-private partnership that leads immunization campaigns in poor countries.<\/p>\n
"We need to make sure there are enough vaccines for everyone, we are going to need world leadership to identify and prioritize vaccine candidates," he said at a separate press conference in Geneva before participating in the formal WHO announcement.<\/p>\n
Global manufacturing capacity needs to be increased before choosing the "winning" vaccine, Berkley said, noting that GAVI and the World Bank were studying the issue.<\/p>\n
"We cannot repeat what happened in 2009: the H1N1 flu vaccine, when there was not enough supply for developing countries or when supply came, came much later." Another important question was how well a vaccine would work in people at increased risk for Cvoid-19, Berkley said.<\/p>\n
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