Washington: confirms that it is important to be prepared for future pandemic, US Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday asked the state and companies around the world to create a $ 10 billion global health fund for the next health crisis, announced $ 250 million contributions from the US to start effort.
Harris made an announcement during the Covid-19 virtual summit, held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Ginger session about preventing future pandemic, he calls the Covid-19 turning point, “actually a critical point”.
“The last 19 months have revealed our systemic defects and reminded us of our collective determination …
our world is more interrelated …
inter-dependent, and the only way to move forward, the smartest way to move together.” He added Experts confirm that there is not enough funds to prepare biological threats in the future.
“It should have a wake-up call for all of us.
Nations need a greater capacity.
Preparedness is a must and it requires strategic funds.
We have studied the cost of failure to prepare.
It’s time to act.
So we join a call.
So we joined Call new financial intermediary funds at the World Bank for Pandemic Preparedness.
“” Today I am proud to announce that we are ready to contribute $ 250 million to start this fund.
We also asked the US Congress to contribute to an additional $ 850 million, “he said, called the country -Negara to reach the target of $ 10 billion.
Previously on Wednesday, the United States promised to buy 500 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to donate them to other countries because they face increasing pressure to share their supplies with all over the world.
The United States has also been criticized for planning a booster shot for Americans who are fully vaccinated while millions of people around the world still do not have access to saving vaccines.
Other countries, including Britain and Israel, have started the Booster Shot campaign.
(With input from Reuters)