The Biden administration announced a second global COVID-19 summit in hopes of ending the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing for future health threats.

The previous summit was hosted in September 2021. The upcoming global COVID-19 summit will be held virtually May 12.

The summit has the following goals:

• Getting shots into arms
• Deploying tests and treatments, especially for the highest-risk populations
• Expanding and protecting the health workforce and minimizing disruptions to routine and essential health services
• Enhancing access to medical countermeasures, including research and development and scaling and diversifying local and regional manufacturing
• Generating sustainable financing for pandemic preparedness, health security, and health systems