In a special session of the executive board of the World Health Organization, Director-General Tedros Adhanom said that finger pointing will not save a single life. “We are all in this together. History will not judge us kindly if we invest millions and millions of dollars as our domestic stimulus while the global community needs help,” said Tedros.
The Union’s health minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, who is also chairman of the executive board of the World Health Organization, has emphasized the need for global collaboration to overcome the current pandemic situation. “Therapeutics, diagnostics and vaccines for everyone, the only way out of this pandemic. Global collaboration is paramount, ”said Vardhan.
Amid a new trend in vaccine nationalism, which is marked by countries rushing to conclude agreements with vaccine manufacturers for a specific number of doses of vaccines once they are ready and proven effective, WHO has emphasized global solidarity. India and South Africa have urged the World Trade Organization to study intellectual property rights laws and patents so that they do not become an obstacle to equitable distribution of vaccines.
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