WHO chief thanks India and PM Narendra Modi for supporting 'vaccine equity'

WHO Chief Tedros Adham Ghebreyesus thanked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for supporting vaccine equity. Taking to his official Twitter handle, he thanked India and PM Modi for sharing COVID-19 vaccine with over 60 nations. Expressing gratitude, Tedros wrote, ‘I hope or countries will follow your example’.

This comes after United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he is “extremely grateful” for gift of 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses by India for peacekeepers, said UN chief spokesperson. Earlier, during an address to UN Security Council meeting on COVID-19, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had anunced bel gesture by India of giving 200,000 COVID-19 doses for UN peacekeepers. MEA had said, “Keeping in mind UN Peacekeepers who operate in such difficult circumstances, we would like to anunce today a gift of 200,000 doses for m”. 

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Expressing gratitude to India, Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for Secretary-General told PTI, ‘We are extremely grateful for this donation anunced today by Indian delegation. distribution will be operationalised by UN's Department of Support’. Additional 200,000 doses mean that it will be possible to administer required double doses of COVID-19 vaccines to all United Nations peacekeepers across missions.

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India gains support 

In ar significant development, hundred and fifteen members of European Parliament have backed India’s proposal to waive provisions of Agreement on Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) at World Trade Organization (WTO). proposal, drafted jointly by India and South Africa in October last year, seeks a waiver on intellectual property rights regime. This is being done to facilitate access to medicines by more countries. As a health crisis continues to threaten world, New Delhi has called for cost-effective universal solutions which could only be made possible with collective research and efforts.

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