Covid-19

"Scientists are leading the way," said one advocate. "Perhaps political leaders will follow."

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's far-right president, has said he may not accept the results of this October's presidential contest if he loses.

Numerous Republican states, having benefited from federal coronavirus aid funds, are "pushing for income tax cuts that would deliver outsized gains to wealthy residents and profitable corporations."

"We cannot allow 95 million meals to be missed by kids this summer," warned Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal in the face of the Republicans' obstruction.

"It's time to stop treating universal healthcare or single-payer or Medicare for All as some sort of fringe, left-wing issue," said Mehdi Hasan.

"Governments must take immediate actions to bypass the WTO's prioritization of pharmaceutical monopolies over human lives," says a global coalition of nearly 300 civil society groups.

One campaigner slammed the agreement as "a technocratic fudge aimed at saving reputations, not lives."

"Cuba's goal of vaccinating people in low-income countries offers an important opportunity... for our nations to work together once again on urgent healthcare issues facing the world."