Drawing on lessons from Covid-19, President Biden and his allies are expected to sign a declaration on global health that aims to avoid another devastating pandemic. …
Commuters this month in New Delhi, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Leaders at the Group of 7 summit hope to blunt the impact of future outbreaks with additional resources.Credit…Atul Loke for The New York Times
Last year, President Donald J. Trump angrily rejected global cooperation on health, pulling the United States out of the World Health Organization and asserting an “America First” approach to the coronavirus pandemic and other global health concerns.
Not anymore.
At the Group of 7 summit on Saturday, President Biden pushed for a more unified approach to combating the pandemic, and urged his counterparts to embrace cooperation aimed at building up the world’s health care infrastructure so it will be able to respond more quickly to future emergencies.
One of Mr. Biden’s first actions as president was to rejoin the W.H.O. After more than a year of coronavirus-induced human hardship and economic troubles, the leaders gathered at the G7
