healthcare firm moderna says it s suing pfizer and its german partner biontech for patent infringement over the development of their covid i9 vaccines. the us drug company is alleging that mrna technology it developed before the pandemic was copied. joining me now is our global health correspondent, naomi grimley. we we re we were all focused on the roll out of the vaccines but there is a lot of the vaccines but there is a lot of money at stake here.- of money at stake here. there certainly is- of money at stake here. there certainly is. if of money at stake here. there certainly is. if you of money at stake here. there certainly is. if you add - of money at stake here. there l certainly is. if you add together moderna and pfizer s profit are the last couple of years, you get to 50 billion us dollars so a of money at stake and really during the pandemic, both companies did not try to climb, lay claim to the technology because everyone was focused on a the but now we are two years
members came to pay tribute. the message from the everton team was that our city stands united and our thoughts from the liverpool team, deepest sympathy from all of us at liverpool football club you will never walk alone. liverpool football club you will never walk alone. allison thank you very much- healthcare firm moderna says it s suing pfizer and its german partner biontech for patent infringement over the development of their covid 19 vaccines. the us drug company is alleging that mrna technology it developed before the pandemic was copied. earlier we spoke to our global health correspondent naomi grimley who explained what s at stake. if you add together moderna and pfizer s profit are the last couple of years, you get to 50 billion us dollars so a of money at stake and really during the pandemic, both companies did not try
test. 0pening can supply a negative covid pcr test. opening up, as you said, to 46 countries and territories on one november may seem like a big jump but you have to remember how crucial the tourism industry is to thailand. it s a huge chunk of the country s gdp. thailand lost about 50 billion us dollars on tourism revenue so many businesses in those popular tourist destinations have been devastated as the streets have remained eerily silent for months now but still it s a risky step for thailand. 0nly around one third of the population has been fully vaccinated and they are still seeing around 10,000 covid cases a day. seeing around 10,000 covid cases a day- seeing around 10,000 covid casesada . ., ., , cases a day. sarah, thanks very much. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: 0n the canvas global fine art sales slumped last year. can more affordable alternatives buck the trend?
because they still believe that the endemic corruption going to the very top, which haitians have seen from their government over many years has not been addressed. and frankly, the biggest single beef that haitian people have with their governors is the so called caribe scandal which caused the country billions of dollars, dollars which it disappeared. again i have to put it to you, you were a central player in that as planning minister and prime minister in that period up to 2014. and you ve never been held to account. well, actually that s incorrect, sir. i beg to differ. what happens is, haiti after the earthquake had a damage of 50 billion us dollars was up another 15 million us dollars the international community promised 9 million out of the 9 million only 4 billion were delivered.
as many as we need. or at least ordered five times, i should clarify. the canadians did the same early on. the canadians even giving some of the covax vaccines, which i m slightly confused by. that is being alleged in print. just picking up being alleged in print. just picking up on what susie said, there is modelling by the ins that suggest that if you isolated 70 of the population, it cost you 50 billion us dollars or thereabouts, but you get $9 trillion worth of economic activity as a result over the next your years or by the end of four years. it looks like for what are wealthy nations and clever people, it looks like a no brainer. what are we missing that they think is not working that. i’m we missing that they think is not working that- we missing that they think is not workin: that. ., , ., working that. i m not sure it would even be- working that. i m not sure it would even be. right working that. i m not sure it would even be. right now, working that. i m not sure