PM Modi to participate in second Global COVID Virtual Summit

On Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

will participate in the second Global COVID Virtual Summit at the invitation of US President Joe Biden. According to a statement released by the

Ministry of External Affairs,

this summit plans to come up with new measures to battle the challenges of the COVID pandemic and create a better global health security ecosystem. The session will be live-streamed from 6.30 pm to 7.45 pm on Thursday. This global summit will also witness the participation of the

Secretary General of the United Nations, Director General of World Health Organization,

and other dignitaries would also participate in the event.

Previously, the Indian Prime Minister had participated in the first Global COVID Virtual Summit hosted by the President of the United States on September 22 last year. The Ministry of External Affair further told that India is playing a significant role in the current collective efforts to tackle the pandemic by supplying safe and affordable vaccines, and medicines, developing low-cost indigenous technologies to test and treat, genomic surveillance, and capacity building for healthcare workers.