Africa: Media Reaction in Response to Reports of a Compromise On the Vaccines Trips Waiver

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Africa: Media Reaction in Response to Reports of a Compromise On the Vaccines Trips Waiver

Press Release - In response to reports of a potential compromise agreed by the EU, South Africa, India and the US for a waiver of intellectual property rules for COVID vaccines, Max Lawson, Head of Inequality Policy for Oxfam and co-chair of the People's Vaccine Alliance, said:

Source: allAfrica.com

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