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Africa Union s health watchdog has praised the United States support for a waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines as a remarkable expression of leadership . PHOTO | AFP
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The Africa Union s health watchdog has praised the United States support for a waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines as a remarkable expression of leadership . History will remember the move taken by the US government as doing the right thing at the right time to fight a terrible challenge which is unprecedented in our contemporary history, Dr John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), told a press conference.
Biden Administration Supports Patent Waivers for Coronavirus Vaccines
Posted by Scott Lucas | May 6, 2021 |
A Coronavirus patient takes oxygen in Khayelitsha Hospital, near Cape Town, South Africa, December 29, 2020 (Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty)
The Biden Administration supports patent waivers for Coronavirus vaccines, as the pandemic surges from India to Brazil to Iran and global cases set weekly records.
The US had opposed a proposal for the waivers, drafted by India and South Africa, at the World Trade Organization. But on Wednesday afternoon, Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced:
This is a global health crisis, and the extraordinary circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic call for extraordinary measures. The Administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in service of ending this pandemic, supports the waiver of those protections for Covid-19 vaccines.
US backs vaccine patent waiver
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3 Under intense pressure to ease protections for vaccine manufacturers, the United States threw its weight behind a waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines. (AFP photo)
WASHINGTON: The United States threw its weight behind a waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines as India Thursday posted record deaths and infections from a catastrophic wave swamping the country.
Rich nations have faced accusations of hoarding shots while poor countries struggle to get inoculation programs off the ground, with the virus surging across the developing world in contrast to the easing of restrictions in Europe and the United States.