Ties between India and South Africa appear to have been strengthened after President Cyril Ramaphosa phoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday afternoon to thank him personally for making the Covid-19 vaccine available. The phone call comes after South Africa's first batch of vaccines arrived from the Serum Institute of India on Monday, and after an outcry in some quarters about Ramaphosa failing to thank the Indian government in his address to the nation that same evening – instead praising the team of Cuban doctors contracted to help in treating patients with the disease.
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Ramaphosa thanks India’s prime minister for Covid-19 vaccines
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President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: Jairus Mmutle/GCIS.
President Cyril Ramaphosa called India’s prime minister Narendra Modi to personally thank him for the Covid-19 vaccines.
Ties between India and South Africa appear to have been strengthened after President Cyril Ramaphosa phoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday afternoon to thank him personally for making the Covid-19 vaccine available.
The phone call comes after South Africa’s first batch of vaccines arrived from the Serum Institute of India on Monday, and after an outcry in some quarters about Ramaphosa failing to thank the Indian government in his address to the nation that same evening – instead praising the team of Cuban doctors contracted to help in treating patients with the disease.
Rich Countries Block India, South Africa s Bid to Ban COVID-19 Vaccine Patents
An IP waiver by the WTO would have made it easier for developing countries to produce COVID-19 vaccines and drugs. Wealthy countries opposed the move, arguing that a suspension of patents would stifle innovation.
An illustrative photograph showing a person holding a vial marked COVID-19 vaccine . Photo: Nataliya Vaitkevich/Pexels
World05/Feb/2021
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks on a proposal by India and South Africa to temporarily suspend intellectual property (IP) rules related to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments hit a roadblock on Thursday after wealthy countries balked at the idea, Germany’s dpa news agency reported.