As U.S. nears 1 million Covid deaths, Biden aims to develop a global health fund and share Covid technologies with other countries to fight the virus
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
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