Kamala Harris: Now is the time to prepare for next global pandemic

Kamala Harris (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

US vice president Kamala Harris has told United Nations members that now is the time for global leaders to begin putting serious work into how they will respond to the next global pandemic.

The virtual address, Ms Harris’s second to a UN body since her inauguration, comes as the US makes progress on vaccinating the public but much of the world struggles to acquire vaccines.