New Delhi: The United States, India, Australia and Japan have come together to end the Corona epidemic. Top leaders of the four countries jointly announced the Quad Vaccine Initiative at the first meeting of the quadrilateral grouping. Under this, India will manufacture the American vaccine and Japan will fund it for this. Once the vaccine is ready, Australia’s logistical support will be used to supply countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Under the plan, a target has been set to produce around 100 crore vaccine doses by the end of 2020 next year.
Apart from this, three working groups were also launched – Quad Vaccine Experts Group, Quad Critical and Emerging Technology Group and Quad Climate Working Group. According to the report of the Indian Express, in the first meeting of the grouping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihida Suga and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison held talks through video conferencing.
The four countries decided to work together to make the vaccine available to other countries of the world, while ensuring the availability of the Corona vaccine for their citizens. According to the factsheet released after the meeting, Biological will work with E Limited to finance. Biological E Ltd needs finance for the capacity to produce 100 million vaccines by the end of 2022 next year. Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine will also be prepared in this.
