US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated on Sunday that she is “extremely worried” about the threat that emerging coronavirus strains may have to the rebound from the epidemic. G20 finance ministers released a closing sentence late Saturday stressing that the spread of new variations constituted a “downside risk” to the economic growth, as well as the hazards of varying vaccination drive pace.
The G20 heard from a specially created group of experts on Friday, who cautioned that the world needs to invest considerably more – at least $75 billion over the next five years – to plan for and attempt to avoid any future pandemic.
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