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Newshour: 06/05/2021 20:06 GMT: Would waiving patents on Covid19 vaccines work?

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06/05/2021 20:06 GMT

06/05/2021 20:06 GMT: Would waiving patents on Covid19 vaccines work?

Would waiving patents on Covid19 vaccines work?

BBC World Service - Newshour, Would waiving patents on Covid19 vaccines work?

The World Trade Organisation says it's vital to achieving worldwide immunity to Covid19

The World Trade Organization has urged member states to start negotiations in earnest on proposals to temporarily waive international patent protections for coronavirus vaccines. We hear from its Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. 

Also on the programme: a police shoot-out in Rio leaves 25 people dead; and the government in Malawi orders thousands of refugees to move back to a single refugee camp, however long they've been in the country. 

(Picture: COVID-19 vaccinations at a Sikh Gurudwara in Mississauga, Ontario Credit: Reuters/Carlos Osorio)

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