Hello and welcome to bbc news. The biden administration says it supports waiving Intellectual Property Protections for coronavirus vaccines a breakthrough for international efforts to suspend Patent Rules as the pandemic rages in India And South america. Theres been growing pressure on the worlds richest nations to share their Vaccine Stockpiles with poorer nations to bridge the scale of the vaccine gap. The issue was discussed on wednesday In London at a meeting of ministers from the g7 group, comprising some of the wealthiest nations in the world. Lets put the issue into context. Starting in the us, 73 doses per 100 of population have been administered so far more than 240 Million vaccinations. But almost 12,000 kilometres away in the democratic republic of congo, there have been only 0. 01 doses per 100 people distributed so far. Their roll out only began on april the 1st. In south america, peru has administered 4. 81; doses per 100 of their population. And here in the uk, 68. 7 dos
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