The G-20 leaders have agreed that the WHO would be strengthened to fast-track the process for emergency use approval for coronavirus vaccines, India’s G-20 Sherpa Piyush Goyal said on Sunday.
Piyush Goyal while briefing the media said the leaders accepted the ‘Rome Declaration’ at the G20 Summit and the announcement gives a very strong message under the health section with the countries agreeing that the coronavirus vaccination is a global public good.
It was decided that the recognition of Covid vaccines which are deemed to be safe and efficacious by the World Health Organisation (WHO) will be mutually accepted subject to national and privacy laws that the countries may have, Goyal said.
“But more importantly it has been agreed that everybody will help to optimize the processes and procedures of the WHO for vaccine approval and emergency use authorisation, and the WHO will be strengthened so that it can do the recognition of vaccines faster,” he said.
Prime Minister Modi had told G20 leaders on Saturday that India is ready to produce over 5 billion Covid vaccine vaccines by the end of coming time to help the world in the fight against the epidemic. He’d asserted that it was necessary that the WHO approves Indian vaccines at the foremost.
A specialized predictive group of the UN health agency will meet on November 3 to conduct a final “ threat- benefit assessment” for Emergency Use Listing of Covaxin. Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s Covishield are the two broadly used vaccines in India.
Goyal said Prime Minister Modi’s mantra of sustainable cultures was reflected in the G-20 assertion on sustainable consumption and responsible creation patterns.
Livelihoods of small, marginal growers were among focus areas of India’s conversations at the G-20 Summit in Rome, Goyal said.
The G20 is a leading global forum that brings together the world’s major economies. Its members regard for further than 80 per cent of the global GDP, 75 per cent of global trade and 60 per cent of the population of the planet.
