SA, India call on WTO to waive Covid jab IP rights Updated
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The World Trade Organization faces calls led by India and South Africa to waive intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines a notion fiercely rejected by pharmaceutical giants and their host countries.
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The WTO will thrash out the divisive issue at its general council meeting on Monday and Tuesday as its new head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes up her post.
Some countries see the waiver as a shortcut to ending the novel coronavirus that has hobbled the global economy.
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The vaccines must be made available everywhere to defeat this virus anywhere. The US has a moral imperative to act and support this waiver at the WTO, DeLauro said, expressing hope that the Biden administration will support this waiver to help US allies around the globe bring an end to this pandemic.
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