'Lockdown has made logistics of humanitarian relief operation extremely complex. A mixture of innovative means are being used to ensure delivery,' says Foreign Secretary NEW DELHI: India on Monday stressed on the importance of updating the current playbook of responding to pandemic and bio-threats with Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla stating that the novel coronavirus pandemic had highlighted the limitations of the global manufacturing supply chains to cope with the demand of essential medical supplies and equipment.
Addressing the Pune-based MIT World Peace University via video link on the “Importance of Multilateralism in the Time of a Global Pandemic –an Indian perspective," Shringla said covid-19 was forcing countries to