India's research, manufacturing critical to fighting Covid-19: Bill Gates

India's research and manufacturing will be critical to fighting COVID-19 especially for making vaccines on a large scale, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said on Monday.

Addressing the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting 2020, Gates delved upon the difficulties in vaccine development and diagnostics of COVID-19.

The American business magnate said India is "very inspiring" as it has made huge strides in improving the health of its people in the last two decades.