US “Very Concerned” Covid Variants Could Risk Recovery: US Treasury Secretary

“We are very concerned about the Delta variant and other variants that could emerge and threaten recovery,” US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told reporters following a G20 meeting in Venice, Italy.

US 'Very Concerned' Covid Variants Could Risk Recovery: US Treasury Secretary

What happens in any part of the world affects all other countries, Janet Yellen said. (File)



Venice:

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday she was “very concerned” about the risk that new variants of coronavirus could pose to the global economic recovery from the pandemic.

“We are very concerned about the Delta variant and other variants that could emerge and threaten recovery. We are a connected global economy, what happens in any part of the world affects all other countries,” she told reporters following a G20 meeting in Venice, Italy.

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