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Stop vaccine patents: Biden ignites the clash between Big Pharma and governments

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WTO “warmly welcomes” US proposal on vaccines

As expected, given the actions launched in recent days, the World Trade Organization has “warmly” welcomed the announcement from the United States. “It is only by sitting around the table that we will find a pragmatic and acceptable way for all members,” explained the director general of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, according to a statement read by a spokesman for the WTO.

Okonjo-Iweala also called on India and South Africa – the two countries whose joint motion for vaccine rights liberalization triggered the American proposal – to swiftly present a new text, revised in light of Biden’s move.

China: “All countries are equal in access to vaccines”

A spokesman for the Beijing Foreign Ministry, Wang Wenbin, has joined China in the chorus of supporters. “All countries have a responsibility to fight against the pandemic and all are equal with respect to access to vaccines” against the coronavirus. It must be said that Beijing, while positioning itself in favor of greater access for all countries to anti-Covid vaccines, has not indicated concrete actions.

Putin: “Russia supports Biden idea”

The reaction of Russia, which has expressed its willingness to revoke the patent for vaccines against covid so that they can be used all over the world, is also marked by the thaw.

This was stated by President Vladimir Putin himself, in a video meeting with the Vice Premier, who is responsible for the dossier of the fight against the pandemic, Tatyana Golikova. Putin instructed Golikova to do this. “Russia supports this idea, given that in the situation in which we find ourselves we do not have to think about maximizing profits in terms of people’s health and safety can only be guaranteed if vaccines are used in the vast majority of countries”.

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