<p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged at the United Nations on Saturday that his country's vaccine production capacity would be made available globally to fight the Covid-19 crisis.</p>.<p>"As the largest vaccine-producing country of the world, I want to give one more assurance to the global community today," Modi said in a pre-recorded speech to the UN General Assembly. "India's vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used to help all humanity in fighting this crisis."</p>.<p>Modi said India was moving ahead with Phase 3 clinical trials - the large-scale trials considered the gold standard for determining safety and efficacy - and would help all countries enhance their cold chain and storage capacities for the delivery of vaccines.</p>.<p>Modi said in August that India was ready to mass produce <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">Covid-19</a> vaccines when scientists gave the go-ahead.</p>.<p>UN chief Antonio Guterres has been pushing for a "people's vaccine" that is available and affordable everywhere and expressed concern on Tuesday that some countries were "reportedly making side deals exclusively for their own populations."</p>.<p>"Such 'vaccinationalism' is not only unfair, it is self-defeating. None of us is safe until all of us are safe. Everybody knows that," he told the General Assembly</p>.<p>Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison told the General Assembly on Friday: "Whoever finds the vaccine must share it."</p>.<p>"Some might see short- term advantage, or even profit," Morrison said. "But I assure you to anyone who may think along those lines, humanity will have a very long memory and be a very, very severe judge.</p>.<p>"Australia's pledge is clear: if we find the vaccine we will share it. That's the pledge we all must make," Morrison said.</p>.<p>Pope Francis told the United Nations on Friday that the poor and weakest members of society should get preferential treatment when a coronavirus vaccine is ready.</p>.<p>India, the world's second most populous country after China, has recorded more than 5.8 million cases of Covid-19, second only behind the United States.</p>.<p>Its death toll as of this week was more than 90,000 and it has consistently reported the highest tally of daily cases anywhere in the world as a dense population and often rudimentary healthcare infrastructure hamper attempts to control the pandemic.</p>
<p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged at the United Nations on Saturday that his country's vaccine production capacity would be made available globally to fight the Covid-19 crisis.</p>.<p>"As the largest vaccine-producing country of the world, I want to give one more assurance to the global community today," Modi said in a pre-recorded speech to the UN General Assembly. "India's vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used to help all humanity in fighting this crisis."</p>.<p>Modi said India was moving ahead with Phase 3 clinical trials - the large-scale trials considered the gold standard for determining safety and efficacy - and would help all countries enhance their cold chain and storage capacities for the delivery of vaccines.</p>.<p>Modi said in August that India was ready to mass produce <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank">Covid-19</a> vaccines when scientists gave the go-ahead.</p>.<p>UN chief Antonio Guterres has been pushing for a "people's vaccine" that is available and affordable everywhere and expressed concern on Tuesday that some countries were "reportedly making side deals exclusively for their own populations."</p>.<p>"Such 'vaccinationalism' is not only unfair, it is self-defeating. None of us is safe until all of us are safe. Everybody knows that," he told the General Assembly</p>.<p>Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison told the General Assembly on Friday: "Whoever finds the vaccine must share it."</p>.<p>"Some might see short- term advantage, or even profit," Morrison said. "But I assure you to anyone who may think along those lines, humanity will have a very long memory and be a very, very severe judge.</p>.<p>"Australia's pledge is clear: if we find the vaccine we will share it. That's the pledge we all must make," Morrison said.</p>.<p>Pope Francis told the United Nations on Friday that the poor and weakest members of society should get preferential treatment when a coronavirus vaccine is ready.</p>.<p>India, the world's second most populous country after China, has recorded more than 5.8 million cases of Covid-19, second only behind the United States.</p>.<p>Its death toll as of this week was more than 90,000 and it has consistently reported the highest tally of daily cases anywhere in the world as a dense population and often rudimentary healthcare infrastructure hamper attempts to control the pandemic.</p>