PM Modi calls for open vaccine chains, ‘one world, one health’

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi emphasised the “special responsibility of democratic and transparent societies to prevent future pandemics” and calls for open vaccine chains, ‘one world, one health’.

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Addressing the G-7 outreach session, Modi also expressed India’s commitment to support collective endeavours to improve global health governance.

This came days after French President Emanuel Macron supported India’s demand for lifting restrictions on export of raw materials needed to manufacture vaccines.

The session, titled ‘Building Back Stronger – Health’, focussed on global recovery from the pandemic and strengthening resilience against future pandemics.

Modi sought the G-7’s support for a proposal moved by “India and South Africa at the WTO for a TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) waiver on Covid-related technologies”. Sources said Australian PM Scott Morrison and others came out strongly in support of this.