Leading health experts have conflicting views on whether it is the right move to strip pharmaceutical companies of the intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines. While the World Health Organisation (WHO) welcomed the decision by the US on Wednesday to waive its IP rights - calling it a “watershed moment” - some scientists warn the move could backfire. Dr Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, has pushed back against the global calls, warning it may not be the best way to actually improve vaccine access. In an interview this week Dr Fauci, the head of the US’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he was “agnostic” about the idea of waiving rights as it may not be “the fastest and most efficient way” of getting shots in arms. “If you take too long, people are going to die,” he told the Financial Times. “There are other ways to ramp up vaccine production around
Africa’s vaccine rollout ‘a mess’ as shortages hit second shots
Covax is scrambling to rejig distribution to ensure countries can fully vaccinate citizens, as India’s export ban wreaks havoc on supply
29 April 2021 • 12:38pm
A shipment of AstraZenenca vaccines arrive in the Ivory Coast earlier this year via the Covax initiative
Credit: IA KAMBOU/AFP
India’s devastating coronavirus surge has left Africa’s vaccination campaign in disarray, with growing signs that countries will be unable to offer second doses as deliveries to the continent dry up.
Nations including Ghana and Rwanda have administered nearly all of the shots received to date through the global Covax distribution scheme, but it is unclear when further doses will arrive – raising fears that people will miss out on their second vaccine.
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