{"id":40306,"date":"2021-09-22T17:01:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T00:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=40306"},"modified":"2021-09-22T17:01:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T00:01:15","slug":"us-commits-250-million-for-new-covid-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=40306","title":{"rendered":"US COMMITS $250 MILLION FOR NEW COVID FUND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The White House also took action to focus on preparing for the next pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Harris\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/mtqsmzwgpccljzjcltnpplsspwlvcwckkdpgzbvcqpqtpt_xssdrrhvhtdbhvhrgvvp.html?a=&amp;b=42587\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/mtqsmzwgpccljzjcltnpplsspwlvcwckkdpgzbvcqpqtpt_xssdrrhvhtdbhvhrgvvp.html?a%3D%26b%3D42587&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1632436999499000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE2mBYGHTIn-GAHijYspAY0zDCMFw\">called for a new global health security fund<\/a>\u00a0at the World Bank to focus on pandemic preparedness, with the Biden administration planning to contribute $250 million in seed funding, a White House official said.<\/p>\n<p>Harris, who made the announcement while leading a session of a global COVID-19 virtual summit, also revealed that the administration is requesting $850 million from Congress for the financial intermediary fund (FIF). The Biden administration is setting a goal of reaching $10 billion for the fund at the outset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is the work to end this pandemic and prepare for the next is a strategic imperative. It is essential to our security and our shared prosperity and it will save countless lives,\u201d Harris said in prepared remarks at the outset of the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The vice president described the goal of $10 billion for the financial intermediary fund as \u201cambitious\u201d but \u201cachievable\u201d as she urged other nations and private organizations to contribute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is a fraction of a percent of global GDP,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House also took action&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-u-s-a","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40307,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40306\/revisions\/40307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}