Published 17:21 IST, January 23rd 2021

Joe Biden 'to meet Canadian PM Justin Trudeau' next month to combat coronavirus pandemic

US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would meet next month where they would deliberate upon measures to take down coronavirus.

Reported by: Riya Baibhawi
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US President Joe Biden and Canian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would meet next month where y would deliberate upon measures to take down coronavirus in rth America. reports suggest that meeting was anunced following a phone call between two leers on January 22. rth American continent has been bearing of brunt of pandemic with US and Cana’s joint caselo surpassing 25 million. 

During elaborate phone call, leers "recognised that both countries' fundamental priority is to end global COVID-19 pandemic”. In dendum, y also discussed collaboration on vaccines against coronavirus, Trudeau’s office said in a statement. Meanwhile, White House said that phone call, which marked Joe Biden’s first telephonic conversation with a foreign leer, focused on “strategic importance of US-Cana relationship” and also invative ways to battle pandemic.

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'Work to do toger' 

" Prime Minister and President reiterated urgent need for ambitious action on climate change, reaffirmed ir commitment to Paris Agreement, and agreed to work toger on net-zero emissions, zero-emissions vehicles, cross-border clean electricity transmission, and Arctic," a statement by Trudeau's office ded. 

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This comes as Biden warned that worse pandemic in US was yet to come.  According to World Health Organization (WHO), coronavirus cases across globe have crossed 96 million and US remains worst-hit country, with around a fifth of two million global deaths. spre of dely virus has been fuelled by emergence of new variants including one that was first detected in Britain and has w spre to more than 60 countries. John Hopkins University on Wednesday showed that nearly 405,400 people have died from disease in US, which is more than 405,399 total American combat and n-combat deaths in WWII.

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17:21 IST, January 23rd 2021