G20 members agree to expand global manufacturing and research hubs for future pandemic response

STORY: G20 members agree to expand global manufacturing and research hubs for future pandemic response DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:57 LOCATION: BALI, Indonesia CATEGORY: POLITICS/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. SOUNDBITE (English): RIZKA ANDALUSIA, Chair of the third G20 Health Working Group Meeting STORYLINE: Members of the Group of 20 (G20) have agreed on the principles to strengthen manufacturing and research hubs for future pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. The commitment was conveyed during the third G20 Health Working Group held in Bali on Aug. 22-23. SOUNDBITE (English): RIZKA ANDALUSIA, Chair of the third G20 Health Working Group Meeting "The member states are expressing the role of international organizations is vital to enhancing research and manufacturing capabilities and should be built upon to have more connected global platform to ensure democratization of knowledge." The forum also highlighted the importance of low and middle-income countries in activ