Enhancing the Role of Parliamentarians in Continuing to Support the COVID-19 Response, including in relation to Vaccines and Virus Variants, 26 April 2021, Virtual meeting: meeting report

On 26 April 2021, the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health convened an ad hoc virtual meeting to enhance the role of parliamentarians in continuing to support the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response, including in relation vaccines and virus variants. In all, 22 parliamentarians participated from 14 countries, with a further two countries sending observers. The meeting was presided over by the Honourable Professor Keizo Takemi, President of Forum, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO).