Article 5J21F Britain in talks to waive Covid vaccine patents to improve global access to jabs

Britain in talks to waive Covid vaccine patents to improve global access to jabs

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Hannah Summers
from Science | The Guardian on (#5J21F)

Pressure growing for UK and others to follow Biden's lead at WTO to avoid moral and public health failure'

The UK government is in talks about a plan to waive Covid-19 vaccine patents to boost the production of shots in low and middle-income countries, the Guardian can reveal.

The discussions come amid growing calls for Britain and other European countries to follow the US in supporting the proposal put before the World Trade Organization (WTO).

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