BRICS Backs India-South Africa Bid for COVID Vaccine Patent Waiver
India and South Africa have submitted their proposal to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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The five-country grouping BRICS agreed to support the India-South Africa proposition of waiving patents for COVID-19 vaccines in a virtual summit held on 1 June, Tuesday.
The two countries have been urging for the exemption of COVID vaccines from patent protections since last year, as per a
Hindustan Times report.
India and South Africa have submitted their proposal to the World Trade Organization (WTO), moving the WTO to temporarily absolve certain aspects of the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for COVID-19 vaccines.