The World Health Organization is expected to offer more details about the latest in efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Watch the briefing stream live in the video player above at 10 a.m. ET.
The delta variant continues to drive up cases in the pandemic with nearly 200 million confirmed cases and 4.2 million deaths worldwide so far, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. At the same time, public health experts are concerned about the sluggish state of global vaccine equity.
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