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In an unprecedented manner top world leaders declared to share the new COVID19 vaccine without discriminating it among big or small nations.

The new alliance formed under stewardship of World Health Organisation pledged that they will not repeat the mistake committed in 2009, when H1N1 vaccine did not reach developing countries until very late.

The alliance was formally announced on Friday at the WHO headquarters, Geneva.

It clearly stated that mistake committed in 2009 will not be repeated in 2020. All countries will get the benefit of a new vaccine as and when it is developed.

French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are some key personalities leading this alliance to develop vaccine to defeat the CoronaVirus.

There is no participation either from China nor from the United States in this alliance.

As per the latest figures issued by the WHO on 25 April 2020, about 2.7 million have been infected with COVID19 virus across the globe.

More than 190,000 people have died in the pandemic.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said in an online briefing: “The world needs these tools and it needs them fast. In the past they have not been available to all. That cannot be allowed to happen again.

“This is a landmark collaboration to accelerate the development, production and equitable distribution of vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics for Covid-19.

As per the reports appearing both in print and electronic media, more than 100 potential vaccines are being developed, including six that have reached clinical trial stage.

The US mission in Geneva confirmed there would be no official US participation, but said it looked forward to the outcome of the WHO meeting.

Five pledges that multilateral alliance agreed upon are:

  • Provide access to new treatments, technologies and vaccines across the world.
  • Commit to an unprecedented level of international partnership on research and coordinate efforts to tackle the pandemic and reduce infections.
  • Reach collective decisions on responding to the pandemic, recognising that the virus’s spread in one country can affect all countries.
  • Learn from experience and adapt the global response.
  • Be accountable, to the most vulnerable communities and the whole world.