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WTO boss urges action to boost COVID-19 vaccine production – The Peninsula Qatar
WTO members are due to discuss a possible waiver for intellectual property rights for COVID-19 drugs
GENEVA – The World Trade Organization’s chief on Tuesday called for urgent action on boosting COVID-19 vaccine production in developing countries, saying manufacturing sites could be prepared in six to seven months or less than half the time previously thought.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian finance minister who was until recently chair of the board of global vaccine alliance GAVI, took on the top job of the global trade watchdog last week. She has said health and vaccine access would be…
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