Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a Global Covid Summit hosted by US President Joe Biden today. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the Second Global COVID Virtual Summit on May 12 at the invitation of the President of the USA, Joseph R Biden Jr,” the MEA said in a statement on Wednesday. Modi had participated in the first Covid Summit, which was held in September 2021.
The theme of the virtual summit will be ‘Preventing Pandemic Fatigue and Prioritising Preparedness’. PM Modi will deliver remarks at the opening session of the summit. “The Summit intends to galvanize new actions to address the continued challenges of the Covid pandemic and build a stronger global health security architecture,” the statement said.
"India is also proactively engaged in multilateral fora with the objective of strengthening and reforming the global health security architecture with WHO at its centre,” it added.
Delhi, on Wednesday, reported 970 fresh Covid cases and one death. Other participants are co-hosts of the event - Heads of State/Government of Belize in its capacity as Chair of CARICOM, Senegal as Chair of African Union, Indonesia as President of G20 and Germany as President of G7 respectively.
