BRICS Backs India-South Africa Bid for COVID Vaccine Patent Waiver
India and South Africa have submitted their proposal to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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The five-country grouping BRICS agreed to support the India-South Africa proposition of waiving patents for COVID-19 vaccines in a virtual summit held on 1 June, Tuesday.
The two countries have been urging for the exemption of COVID vaccines from patent protections since last year, as per a
Hindustan Times report.
India and South Africa have submitted their proposal to the World Trade Organization (WTO), moving the WTO to temporarily absolve certain aspects of the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for COVID-19 vaccines.
India had raised its neighbours’ expectations when it launched ‘Vaccine Maitri’, playing the role of big brother and benefactor in equal measure. It hoped to earn not just the neighbourhood’s but also the world’s goodwill through ‘Vaccine Maitri’. But the well-intended policy now lies in tatters
India is among the guest countries invited to join virtually at the 2021 G7 Health Ministers' Meeting to be held at Oxford University on June 3 and 4 to bring together the world's leading democracies to agree on life-saving action in critical areas of global health, the UK government announced on Thursday.
Kejriwal does not speak for India , says Jaishankar after Singapore row
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Indian High Commissioner was summoned by Singapore Government on Wednesday to convey strong objection to Delhi CM s tweet on Singapore variant .
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Office workers scan a ‘safe entry’ QR code to enter a mall, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore on May 12, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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Indian High Commissioner was summoned by Singapore Government on Wednesday to convey strong objection to Delhi CM s tweet on Singapore variant .
Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal does not speak for India , External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar declared on Wednesday after Singapore s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan objected to Mr Kejriwal s claim that a highly infectious variant of COVID-19 affecting children, came from Singapore.