PM Narendra Modi addresses the United Nations General Assembly on video
New Delhi:
India can help pull the world out of the coronavirus crisis with mass vaccine distribution once all trials are successfully completed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today in his virtual address to the Assembly General of the United Nations or at the UNGA. He called on the UN to do more in the fight against the pandemic.
“As the world‘s largest vaccine producer country, I want to give the global community one more reassurance today,” Prime Minister Modi said. “India’s vaccine production and distribution capacity will be used to help all of humanity fight this crisis,” he said.
He said India was moving forward with Phase 3 clinical trials – the large-scale trials considered the gold standard for determining safety and efficacy – and would help all countries improve their chain. cold and their storage capacities for vaccine delivery.
“India’s vaccine production and capacity will help the world overcome this pandemic. India has sent medical supplies to over 150 countries during the coronavirus crisis,” Prime Minister Modi said.
The UNGA this year is being held online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In his Independence Day speech last month, Prime Minister Modi said three vaccines were in different stages of testing. “When scientists give the green light, we are ready with a production plan. How the vaccine will reach every Indian in the shortest possible time – we have a roadmap ready for this,” Prime Minister Modi said.
The government plans to use the Universal Immunization Program (UIP) – which was introduced in India in 1978 to cover all districts on a phased basis – to distribute the vaccine.
Some vaccine candidates being tested across the country include COVAXIN from Bharat Biotech and the drug from Zydus Cadila. Covishield is another vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, which is being tested by the Serum Institute of India.
During his address to the UNGA, Prime Minister Modi also made the strongest promotion to date for a greater role for India in the United Nations Security Council, asking the global body: “Until “When do we have to wait? How long will India be left out of the UN decision-making process?”
India has recorded more than 5.8 million cases of COVID-19, just behind the United States. The death toll in India as of this week was over 90,000 and it has consistently reported the highest number of daily cases worldwide.
