Vax van seeks to avert super-spreader event at U.N. summit


  • World
  • Tuesday, 21 Sep 2021

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield walks into a bus to get a COVID-19 test outside U.N. Headquarters during the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan New York U.S. September 20 2021. REUTERSEduardo Munoz

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield walks into a bus to get a COVID-19 test outside U.N. Headquarters during the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 20, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - In a new take on vaccine diplomacy, a free mobile COVID-19 testing and vaccination station is welcoming world leaders and delegates at this week's U.N. General Assembly, seeking to avoid a super-spreader event.

After a virtual meeting last year, about a third of the 193 U.N. states are planning to again send videos, but presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers for the remainder are due to travel to the United States.

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