WHO Chief Thanks PM Modi For Commitment To Making COVID Vaccines Global Public Good

New York: World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus thanked Indian prime minister Narendra Modi for his commitment to Covax and making COVID-19 vaccines a global public good, according to news agency ANI.

“I thanked Prime Minister @narendramodi for his strong commitment to COVAX and making #COVID19 vaccines a global public good. The pandemic is an unprecedented challenge for the world, and we agreed to work shoulder to shoulder to end it. #ACTtogether,” Mr Ghebreyesus said via a tweet.

The WHO director-general said he had a “very productive” phone call with PM Modi during which both talked about ways to “strengthen our collaboration and advance access to knowledge, research and training in traditional medicine globally”.

Tedros said via a tweet, “Namaste, Prime Minister @narendramodi, for a very productive call on how to strengthen our collaboration & advance access to knowledge, research and training in traditional medicine globally. @WHO welcomes India’s Flag of India leading role in global health, and to universal health coverage.”

I thanked Prime Minister @narendramodi for his strong commitment to COVAX and making #COVID19 vaccines a global public good. The pandemic is an unprecedented challenge for the world, and we agreed to work shoulder to shoulder to end it. #ACTtogether

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) November 11, 2020