Undermining ‘vaccination for all’
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April 27, 2021 00:23 IST
The new vaccine strategy raises questions, beginning with the Centre giving up its control over the market for vaccines
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The new vaccine strategy raises questions, beginning with the Centre giving up its control over the market for vaccines
Just when the spread of COVID-19 has reached catastrophic proportions, with the daily case-load rising faster than that seen anywhere in the world since the beginning of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Government of India has acted by unveiling a completely revamped vaccine strategy. Two key elements are the hallmark of this new strategy, which will be implemented from May 1. First, the phased roll-out of the vaccination drive initiated on January 16 under which the vaccine-eligible sections of the population were gradually increased, has now been extended to the entire adult population, namely, to those above 18 years. Second, and more i
International medical charity Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) has urged rich countries to stop blocking a patent waiver plan that could boost the global production of coronavirus vaccines.
Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) will meet virtually for informal talks on Thursday to discuss a proposal to waive intellectual property rights for producing COVID-19 vaccines and other coronavirus-related medical tools for the duration of the pandemic.
Sponsors of the waiver argue that the temporary suspension would allow more factories worldwide to produce jabs without breaking international rules under the WTO agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).
Net zero emissions an inconvenient truth thesundaily.my - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thesundaily.my Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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IN the international climate discourse, the goal of countries embracing net zero emissions reductions by 2050 has been heralded as showing high ambition.
Coming from the highest official in the United Nations, viz. the Secretary-General António Guterres himself, the general public can be forgiven into thinking that net zero emissions reductions by the world’s major ‘emitters’ will save us from a planetary climate crisis.
Nothing can be further from the truth, and deeper scrutiny is required as to why such net zero pledges will not be able to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C since pre-industrial levels.
While efforts to goad governments to do more climate action are laudable, net zero emission targets by 2050 for rich countries and their corporations, will not be enough as they are not ambitious enough.
COVID-19 vaccines: Waiting for advantage India downtoearth.org.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from downtoearth.org.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.