' + activeFrame.title + ' '); $(".fotorama-caption").addClass("add_caption"); $(".fotorama-caption").removeClass("remove_caption"); } else { // alert("hide div"); $(".fotorama-caption").addClass("remove_caption"); $(".fotorama-caption").removeClass("add_caption"); } }) .fotorama(); US 'evaluating' WTO proposals to ease IP rules on vaccines — official Friday, April 30, 2021 WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Washington is working with WTO members to ensure "equitable" access to COVID-19 vaccines, a US trade official said Friday, but stopped short of signalling a commitment to waiving patent protections. Speaking as the WTO was holding another meeting in Geneva to seek waivers to intellectual property rights that would allow poor countries faster access to the coronavirus jabs, the US Trade Representative (USTR) said in a report that it is "evaluating the efficacy of proposals" in the multilateral bodies.