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Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, April 24 (Reporter Ling Xin Liu Qu) The Director-General of the World Health Organization Tan Desai announced on 24 that he officially launched a “historic” international cooperation initiative to accelerate new vaccines, diagnostic tools, and treatment tools related to coronary pneumonia. R&D, production and equitable distribution.
In the same day’s videoconference, Tan Desai announced that the WHO and its global partners will jointly launch this international cooperation initiative called “Access to the tool accelerator for new coronary pneumonia”, which will bring together multiple organizations, public and private sectors, etc. . Join forces to develop R&D and production at a faster speed and on a larger scale.
Tan Desai said the new pandemic pandemic is an unprecedented global crisis, and has also received an unprecedented global response. Among them, research and technological development played a central role. Since January this year, WHO has been working with thousands of researchers worldwide to accelerate and track vaccine development from the development of animal models to the design of clinical trials. It has also developed diagnostic tools currently in use worldwide, and clinical trials on the safety and efficacy of the four treatments are coordinated globally.
Tan Desai said: “Each of us is doing a great job, but we cannot work alone. We will work together in new ways to meet challenges together and find solutions.”
“Past experience tells us that even if there are medical tools, they may not be distributed equally to everyone. We cannot allow this to happen,” he emphasized.
United Nations Secretary-General Guterres, European Commission President Von Delaine, French President Macron and others also participated in the video conference and delivered speeches on the day to support the acceleration of scientific and technological research and development. in response to the new crown epidemic through international cooperation.
