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Manufacturing hurdles, not IP, slowing Covid jabs rollout
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Manufacturing hurdles, not IP, slowing Covid jabs rollout
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Health industry blames manufacturing hurdles for slow COVID jabs rollout
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Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Health workers administer Johnson & Johnson s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines at a vaccination centre in Ronda, Spain, April 23, 2021. Photo: Reuters
GENEVA: Health industry has laid the blame on manufacturing hurdles over a slow vaccine rollout rather than intellectual property protections placed by the companies.
Proponents of doing away with IP rights say more companies in more countries could produce the vaccines, providing broader access in poorer nations that so far have seen few doses.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, whose country is co-leading a push at the World Trade Organisation to exempt COVID-19 vaccines from IP rights, insisted on Friday the jabs were a public good and must be recognised as such .
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