Lula da Silva, Brazil s former President, urges Biden to call an emergency Covid-19 summit CNN 4 days ago © CNN
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is calling on US President Joe Biden to ensure vaccine equity, in an exclusive interview with CNN s Christiane Amanpour.
Speaking from Sao Paulo, Brazil, da Silva said the US has a surplus of vaccines and suggested the excess could be donated to countries in need. One suggestion that I would like to make to President Biden through your program is: it s very important to call a G20 meeting urgently, da Silva told Amanpour. It s important to call the main leaders of the world and put around the table just one thing, one issue. Vaccine, vaccine and vaccine!
Lula da Silva, Brazil s former President, urges Biden to call an emergency Covid-19 summit
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Moreover, the weekly death toll has hit 12,777
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RIO DE JANEIRO, March 15. /TASS/. Brazil has confirmed 500,722 COVID-19 cases in the past week, and the weekly death toll has hit 12,777. Both of these are record-high figures since the start of the pandemic in the country, the data published by the Brazilian Health Ministry on Sunday informs.
In the past 24 hours, 43,812 cases of COVID-19 have been documented in the country, along with 1,127 deaths. The overall COVID-19 case count in Brazil has reached 11,483,370, and the death toll has hit 278,229. Over 10 mln people have recovered. There are over 1.1 mln active cases of the disease in the country. There are 5,464 cases of infection and 132 deaths per 100,000 residents.