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EU needs to mobilise, make vaccines available globally
Jon Van Housen and Mariella Radaelliy Filed on May 10, 2021
The virus respects no boundaries, so neither should the fight against it.
It might not be the most pragmatic approach for immediate aid, but a World Trade Organisation (WTO) proposal to waive patent protection on Covid-19 vaccines and assist less affluent nations has put the spotlight where it belongs on humanity itself.
The virus respects no boundaries, so neither should the fight against it. As a European Union conference last weekend considered a potential waiver of vaccine intellectual property (IP) rights, it became clear that nationalism and profits for Big Pharma have no place in discussions about how to get assistance to countries such as India and Brazil, which along with 100 other countries made the WTO proposal.
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The first time Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi seemed to take public notice of the dramatic oxygen shortage affecting cities like Delhi that had been hit hard by the Covid-19 second wave was on April 16, when he held a “comprehensive review” of supply and logistics.
India is currently experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases at an alarming rate, leading the US to send assistance. Vice President Kamala Harris also commented on the situation in India, describing the crisis as “heartbreaking.”
In a video message for an event at the US State Department last week, Harris spoke about the COVID-19 crisis that India is currently facing for the first time. Harris’s comments follow the announcement of the Biden administration’s pledge to send $100 million of COVID-19 assistance as an effort to help combat the pandemic in the country. In her message, Harris, who is of Indian descent, said that the US is determined to help India in this time of need.
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