Senior European Commission officials met yesterday with senior White House and other U.S.
government officials on progress and next steps towards achieving the US-EU Agenda for Beating the
Global Pandemic Vaccinating the World, Saving Lives Now, and Building Back Better Health Security.
Following a briefing on the Omicron variant and recent developments by the Special Advisor to the
President of the European Commission Dr. Piot, the US Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Fauci, the Director of
the US Centers for Disease Control Dr. Walensky, the two sides discussed a number of areas including:
ongoing efforts to donate and deliver more than 1.7 billion vaccine doses around the world by mid-2022;
accelerating efforts to get shots into arms, including assistance to countries in need; and other areas
such as cooperating on COVID-19 supply chains, joint health threat assessments and R&D and more.
The two delegations reiterated their call for stronger actions and commitments from nations around the
world in this effort.
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