India will be global leader in Covid vaccine production, says TS Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan

Hyderabad: Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan said that India is on the threshold of emerging as the global leader in the production and supply of vaccine for Covid-19. The Governor was the chief guest at the 3rd Global Medical Excellence Event, organised by the World Tamil Organisation, UK, through virtual mode from the Raj Bhavan on Saturday. She spoke on the "Road to Recovery: Vaccinations and Mental Wellbeing" at the webinar.

She said that India has been supplying 60 per cent of the different vaccines for the world. It is the largest producer and supplier of the vaccines in the world. The world is looking at India for the massive production of Covid-19 vaccines and their supply across the globe.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited three important vaccine research centres-Ahmedabad, Pune, and Hyderabad and gave morale booster to the scientists working relentlessly to come out the effective vaccine for Covid-19",

Referring to the massive disruption caused by the Covid-19 in all sectors, the Governor said education sector was one of the worst affected with more than 50 crore children across the globe were out of the schools.

"Fighting against the pandemic and taking care of physical and mental wellbeing of the people need to be taken up simultaneously. We need to adhere to preventive norms until we get vaccinated, as the virus is still virulent," She added.

Eminent speakers like the British- South India Council of Commerce Chairman, Virender Sharma, Former Union Minister A Ramdoss, Harvard Tamil Chair Co-Founder Janaki Raman, Prabhu Rajendran and Cynthia Victor of World Tamil Organisation were among those who spoke at the event.