India will be key to ensuring the world gets Covid vaccine: experts

The country, meanwhile, is preparing a plan to decide on the prioritisation of vaccine distribution to determine who should get it first

As the race to the finish line to get the world's first SARS-CoV-2 vaccine heats up, global health experts say that India will play a critical role in ensuring the vaccine is available to the world. 

V K Paul, member NITI Aayog said that India's technological capabilities (whether it is for the vaccine or anything else) would not just be for India and Indians alone, but for the whole world. He added that in India the best scientific and ethical principles as well as regulatory mechanism is in place to ensure Covid vaccine development. "This is being watched by none