The UN General Assembly will have a two-day special session on COVID-19.; World leaders, the top leadership of the UN, and vaccine developers will address the session this week and discuss the pandemic's impact as well as the multi-faceted, coordinated response required to address the greatest global health crisis in decades.

The Special Session will take place on December 3 and 4 at the UN Headquarters in Response to the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic. The world organization said government leaders, United Nations' principals, and other relevant stakeholders would be able to engage in dialogue on the impact of the pandemic on people, societies, and economies and discuss the multi-faceted, coordinated response required to address this crisis. Serum Institute of India Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla will also address the session through a pre-recorded video on December 4. BioNTech co-founders Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci, vaccine team leader at Oxford University Sarah Gilbert, and Chief Executive Officer of GAVI Seth Berkley will address the special session virtually. AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford are working on a COVID-19 vaccine, while global drugmaker Pfizer and BioNTech announced their vaccine candidate is 95 percent effective.

World leaders expected to address the session are Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, French President Emmanuel Macron, Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Whereas, President Donald Trump is not listed as a speaker for the session and US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will address the high-level meeting.

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