Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2022

April 18, 2022

The United States as first COVID Summit Chair, Belize, as CARICOM Chair; Germany, holding the Gâ7 Presidency; Indonesia, holding the Gâ20 Presidency; and Senegal as African Union Chair, are pleased to announce we will co-host the second Global COVIDâ19 Summit, which will be held virtually on May 12, 2022. The Summit will redouble our collective efforts to end the acute phase of the COVIDâ19 pandemic and prepare for future health threats.

This Summit follows the first Global COVIDâ19 Summit convened by the United States on September 22, 2021. In advance of the May 12 Summit, we are calling on world leaders, members of civil society, non-governmental organizations, philanthropists, and the private sector to make new commitments and bring solutions to vaccinate the world, save lives now, and build better health securityâfor everyone, everywhere.

The emergence and spread of new variants, like Omicron, have reinforced the need for a strategy aimed at controlling COVIDâ19 worldwide. Together, we can mitigate the impact of COVIDâ19 and protect those at the highest risk with vaccinations, testing, and treatments, actions to minimize disruption to routine health services, and through support for the ACT-Accelerator multilateral mechanism. We know we must prepare now to build, sustain, and finance the global capacity we need, not only for emerging COVIDâ19 variants, but also future health crises. To help achieve these goals, we urge all countries and stakeholders to pledge to take urgent actions to create the systems we need to end the acute phase of COVIDâ19, save lives, and build better health security and health systems.

The Summit will build on the themes and commitments made at the first Summit and will place an emphasis on supporting locally-led solutions to both immediate and long-term challenges, including:

Getting shots into arms;

Deploying tests and treatments, especially for the highest-risk populations;

Expanding and protecting the health workforce and minimizing disruptions to routine and essential health services;

Enhancing access to medical countermeasures, including research and development and scaling and diversifying local and regional manufacturing; and

Generating sustainable financing for pandemic preparedness, health security, and health systems

We look forward to another successful Summit to continue the international effort in the fight against COVIDâ19 and to advance global pandemic preparedness.

NOTE: An original was not available for verification of the content of this joint statement.

Categories: Joint Statements : Belize, Prime Minister Briceno, Second Global COVIDâ19 Summit; Joint Statements : Germany, Chancellor Scholz, Second Global COVIDâ19 Summit;

Joint Statements : Indonesia, President Widodo, Second Global COVIDâ19 Summit; Joint Statements : Senegal, President Sall, Second Global COVIDâ19 Summit*.*

Names: Briceno, Juan Antonio; Sall, Macky; Scholz, Olaf; Widodo, Joko âJokowiâ.

Subjects: Africa : African Union; Belize : Prime Minister; Commerce, international : Group of Seven (Gâ7) nations; Commerce, international : Group of Twenty (Gâ20) nations; Coronavirus pandemic, international cooperation efforts; Germany : Chancellor; Health and medical care : Research and development; Indonesia : President; Senegal : President.

DCPD Number: DCPD202200291.