US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday (Nov 5) he would convene a virtual meeting of foreign ministers from around the globe to discuss the Covid-19 pandemic next week, pledging to work to address global inequalities in access to vaccines.

“Despite progress in worldwide vaccination, we are not where we need to be,” Blinken said in a statement announcing the meeting on Nov 10.

It follows a virtual summit of world leaders President Joe Biden convened on Sept 22, when he pledged to buy 500 million more Covid-19 vaccine doses to donate to other countries.

Source: VOV5