Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on India and other BRICS countries to develop a vaccine to prevent the corona virus. Offered cooperation and pointed out the need for a seminar of BRICS member countries on traditional medicine in this regard.
Addressing the 12th BRICS summit via video link, Xi said, “Chinese companies are working with their Russian and Brazilian partners for the third phase of clinical trials of vaccines. We are also ready to cooperate with South Africa and India. “
The digital conference, hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
“China has joined the global COVEX system on COVID-19 and will actively consider providing vaccines to BRICS countries if needed,” Xi said. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is evaluating the inclusion of nine possible Covid-19 vaccines in Covex, including two vaccines being developed by China.
Covex is a joint venture of the International Vaccine Alliance-Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparatory Innovations (SEP) and the WHO. It aims to accelerate the development and production of vaccines.
“China has set up its own national center to support the development of the BRICS vaccine research and development center,” Xi said. I propose to hold a BRICS seminar on traditional medicine to study the role of this medical system in the prevention and treatment of corona virus. ”
He said the BRICS countries should recover from the partition with unity and accumulate more and more global energy to defeat the virus. In his speech, the President of China stressed the need for BRICS countries to support multilateralism and globalization. The BRICS countries include Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
