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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. there s been growing pressure on the world s 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. let s 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 th
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. after increased pressure the biden administration says it supports a removing patent protections for covid 19 vaccines. the move aims to make it easier for more companies to produce vaccines and make them more widely available for developing countries. us trade representative katherine tie said in a statement: this administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in the service of ending this pandemic, supports the waiver of those protections for covid 19 vaccines. well this was welcomed by the director general of the world health organisation, who said this was a monumental moment in the fight against covid 19. on the other hand a vaccine waiver makes it harder for vaccine manufacturers to make money out of their products. shares in a number of them tumbled on the news. the international federation of pharmaceutical manufacturers and associations says the plan is a red herring when
a mother of nine. welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the globe. after increased pressure the biden administration says it supports removing patent protections for covid i9 vaccines. the move aims to make it easier to ramp up production of vaccines and make them more widely available for poorer countries. us trade representative katherine tie said in well this was welcomed by the director general of the world health organization, who said this was a monumental moment in the fight against covid i9. a vaccine patent waiver makes it harder for vaccine manufacturers to make money out of their products. shares in a number of the companies tumbled on the news. the international federation of pharmaceutical manufacturers and associations says the plan is a red herring when it comes to improving the distribution of vaccines. the decision by the us administration is disappointing, but it doesn t change that it s a wrong answer to complex problem. it s a wrong but simple an
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe after increased pressure the biden administration says it supports removing patent protections for covid 19 vaccines. the move aims to make it easier to ramp up production of vaccines and make them more widely available for poorer countries. us trade representative katherine tie said in a statement: well this was welcomed by the director general of the world health organization, who said this was a monumental moment in the fight against covid 19. a vaccine patent waiver makes it harder for vaccine manufacturers to make money out of their products. shares in a number of the companies tumbled on the news. the international federation of pharmaceutical manufacturers and associations says the plan is a red herring when it comes to improving the distribution of vaccines. the decision by the us administration is disappointing, but it doesn t change that it s a wrong answer to complex problem. year you are it s a wron