European Union leaders have lauded the bloc’s cooperation with Africa on vaccines in the fight against the coronavirus, but there is no sign they will move toward the temporary lifting of intellectual property rights protection for COVID-19 shots.
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“It is about the capacity of Africa to produce their own vaccines, to develop mRNA manufacturing capacity across Africa," von der Leyen said. “We are making rapid progress." Despite calls from India and South Africa supported by the African Union for a temporary intellectual property waiver that would allow more manufacturers to produce the life-saving COVID-19 vaccines, the EU still believes this is not the right solution.
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