(CNN) US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday urged G20 leaders to step up vaccine-sharing support as the Delta coronavirus variant spreads and countries race to vaccinate as many as possible. "We are 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," Yellen said in Venice, Italy. The comments from Yellen comes as the Biden administration Biden plans to send millions of Covid-19 vaccines to countries in Latin America . Biden has allocated 80 million vaccines to countries worldwide and has also pledged to donate an additional 500 million Pfizer doses.

Source: CNN July 11, 2021 13:07 UTC