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Kenya has witnessed more Covid-19 related deaths among the poor. [Courtesy]
The Covid-19 pandemic has not only continued to exacerbate the inequities and inequalities from a health, gender and social perspective that Kenyans have faced, but has also exposed the feebleness of our health system and our inability to adequately ensure provision of socio-economic rights as guaranteed under the law.
Kenya has witnessed more Covid-19 related deaths among the poor, those with limited access to health services, social protection, food, water, adequate housing and reasonable standards of sanitation.
Washington, Apr 24: Suspending the intellectual property rights of COVID-19 vaccines, as proposed by India and South Africa at the WTO last year and found
US Says Will Work Closely With India On Essential Supplies Amid Covid Surge US Says Will Work Closely With India On Essential Supplies Amid Covid Surge We don t have any specific update to raw materials, but we ll just reiterate that we understand that the COVID situation in India remains a global concern, added Jalina Porter.
US will work closely with India to facilitate movement of essential supplies, Jalina Porter said.
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US State Department spokeswoman, Jalina Porter on Friday (local time) during a press briefing reaffirmed that US will work closely with India to facilitate movement of essential supplies during COVID-19 surge.
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President Biden is coming under mounting pressure at home and abroad to reverse a Trump-era policy and publicly support a temporary waiver on international patent rights for COVID vaccines and treatments that would allow countries around the world to manufacture lifesaving doses domestically.
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US to work closely with India to facilitate movement of essential supplies, supply chains during COVID-19 surge ANI | Updated: Apr 24, 2021 11:02 IST
Washington [US], April 24 (ANI): US State Department spokeswoman, Jalina Porter on Friday (local time) during a press briefing reaffirmed that US will work closely with India to facilitate movement of essential supplies during COVID-19 surge.
Informing about the update on India s request regarding US position on the embargo on lifting of raw materials for the vaccine, she said, We have continued to work closely with India to facilitate the movement of essential supplies and also address the bottlenecks of their supply chains. But we ll also continue to collaborate with our partners in India to battle this at the highest level.