Bill Gates said it’s great to see India’s leadership in scientific innovation to end Covid.
New Delhi:
World leaders have praised India’s leadership in scientific innovation and decisive action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, as the country prepares to begin the world’s largest vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus.
India’s Controller General of Drugs on Sunday approved Oxford’s Covishield COVID-19 vaccine, made by the Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin developed indigenously, for restricted emergency use in the country, paving the way for a campaign. of massive inoculation.
“It is great to see India’s leadership in scientific innovation and vaccine manufacturing capabilities as the world works to end the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in a tweet on Monday, tagging the Prime Minister’s Office.
The Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, tweeted that India “continues to take decisive action and demonstrate its determination to end the COVID19 pandemic.”
“As the world’s largest vaccine producer, it is well placed to do so. By #ACtogether, we can ensure that effective and safe vaccines are used to protect the most vulnerable everywhere,” Ghebreyesus said and tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his tweet.
A day after India’s drug regulator approved two vaccines for emergency restricted use, Prime Minister Modi said the world’s largest inoculation campaign against the coronavirus was scheduled to start in the country.
Praising scientists and technicians for “Made in India” vaccines, he said the country was proud of them.
“The world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination program is scheduled to start in India. Because of this, the country takes pride in the contributions of its scientists and technicians,” said PM Modi.
Addressing scientists at the National Metrology Conclave, Prime Minister Modi had said that it must be ensured that “Made in India” products are not only in global demand but also globally accepted.
Prime Minister Modi has assured the global community that India’s vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used to assist all of humanity in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
“Even during these very difficult times of the terrible pandemic, the Indian pharmaceutical industry has shipped essential medicines to more than 150 countries,” Prime Minister Modi said in his pre-recorded video statement for the General Debate of the 75th session of the UN. General Assembly in September of last year.
In a strong guarantee for the international community, which is battling the devastating coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Modi said: “As the world’s largest vaccine producing country, I want to give one more guarantee to the global community today. Production and delivery of vaccines from India The capacity will be used to help all of humanity fight this crisis. ”
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