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By Emma Farge
GENEVA, April 12 (Reuters) - The head of the World Trade Organization said on Monday a meeting this week to tackle glaring inequity in COVID-19 vaccine allocation will be attended by major manufacturers and look at solutions such as firing up idle or under-used manufacturing plants in Africa and Asia.
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian minister and World Bank executive who took up the position last month, has vowed to forget business as usual at the ailing 25-year-old global trade watchdog and said her top priority was to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Trade Organization said on Monday a meeting this week to tackle “glaring” inequity in COVID-19 vaccine allocation will be attended by major manufacturers and look at solutions such as firing up idle or under-used manufacturing plants in Africa and Asia.
World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala attends an interview with Reuters at the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian minister and World Bank executive who took up the position last month, has vowed to “forget business as usual” at the ailing 25-year-old global trade watchdog and said her top priority was to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Trade Organization said on Monday a meeting this week to tackle "glaring" inequity in COVID-19 .
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