International travel should be made easier through mutual recognition of vaccine certificates: PM Modi at COVID-19 Summit

Washington DC, Sept. 22 -- : Emphasising the need to address the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that international travel should be made easier through mutual recognition of vaccine certificates.

Addressing the Global COVID-19 Summit, the Prime Minister also said the supply chains of raw materials must be kept open for the production of vaccines against the disease.

"We also need to focus on addressing the pandemic's economic effects. To that end, international travel should be made easier, through mutual recognition of vaccine certificates," he said.

The Prime Minister said that as India's production of vaccines increases, it will be able to resume vaccine supplies to others cou...