The United States exceeded one million deaths from covid-19as announced by the White House on Thursday, at a time when the country wants to turn the page despite an increase in cases for a month.
“Today we reached a tragic milestone: one million American lives lost to covid-19“President Joe Biden said in a statement, in which He asked to remain “vigilant” in the face of the pandemic “as much as possible” to save lives.
“A million empty chairs around the dining room table,” Biden said. “Each one is an irreplaceable loss. Each leaving behind a family, a community and a nation forever changed.”
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Biden spoke this Thursday in a virtual world summit on covid that sought to “redouble” international cooperation against the virusaccording to a senior US official.
The summit led to new financial commitments for more than 3,000 million dollarsannounced the White House, which is fighting for its part to finance its own policy to fight the pandemic.
Of that sum, 2,000 million dollars will be allocated to an “immediate” response to the health emergencyand 962 million to a World Bank fund for the prevention of future pandemics, according to the US Executive.
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The United States announced that will increase its participation in this fund by 200 million dollarswhich will raise its total contribution to 450 million.
Europe in turn exceeded two million deathsreaching “a new devastating stage”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
In the United States, the most mourning country on the planet due to the pandemic, ahead of Brazil, India and Russiaafter several months of remission, a daily increase in cases has been recorded for a month.
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The increase occurs in a context in which the mask is no longer mandatoryalthough its use indoors is advised, and the fourth dose of the vaccine is available only for those over 50 years of age.
Evolution is due to subvariants of omicronmore transmissible than the previous strains although their effects seem less serious, in a country where 66% of the population is vaccinated (90% in the case of those over 65 years of age).
