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19 Apr, 4 tweets, 3 min read
.@GretaThunberg joins the @WHO at its COVID briefing twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Young people need to act in solidarity with risk groups regarding COVID-19, @GretaThunberg tells @WHO briefing
Climate activist @GretaThunberg said her foundation will donate 100,000 euros to support more equitable global COVID-19 vaccine distribution reut.rs/3tz9hBB
Environmental activist @GretaThunberg said she hoped a planned U.S.-led summit this month on tackling the climate crisis would start treating it as a real crisis reut.rs/3v5vxUm

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