India has been invited as a guest country to join virtually at the 2021 G7 Health Ministers' Meeting to be held at Oxford University on June 3 and 4. The British government said on Thursday that the meeting will bring together the world's leading democracies to agree on life-saving action in critical areas of global health. The University of Oxford has been selected at the heart of the global fight against COVID-19. This summit will take place under the presidency of Britain.
Meanwhile, the participants will come together to address and discuss the issue of global health security, antimicrobial resistance, clinical trials and digital health. The discussions will inform the G7 Leaders' Summit in Cornwall between June 11 and 13. The summit will held under the UK Presidency of 2021 of G-7 countries.
At the same time, the group includes Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and the European Union. The health ministers of these countries will be present in person. Meanwhile, the British government has said that India, South Korea, Australia and South Africa will be involved virtually in the two-day talks with the invited countries of the G-7.
Meanwhile, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said, "Oxford is the birthplace of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and at the heart of British life sciences. Oxford is a perfect location to stage pivotal meetings on how the world readies itself to combat future health threats."
"Collectively we can build back better from this virus and, as I gather with my Ministerial counterparts from the major democratic nations. We have an opportunity to learn from this pandemic and take measures that will develop global health security," he added.
