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WATCH LIVE: WHO gives update on global COVID-19 response

WATCH LIVE: WHO gives update on global COVID-19 response

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.

READ MORE: Breakthrough COVID infections show ‘the unvaccinated are now putting the vaccinated at risk’

Editor’s note: This story will be updated as news develops.

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