The United States will ramp up efforts to produce and distribute vaccines, following its announcement that it will support a temporary and targeted waiver of intellectual property protections that apply to Covid-19 vaccines, according to US charge d'affaires in Pretoria, Todd Haskell. "With this proposal we are a global leader, and we are committed to leading a global response in the Covid-19 pandemic, and this is part of that effort as well," he told News24. "There's more [good] news to come on this, but we're not ready to talk about it," he added.

Source: News 24 May 06, 2021 12:56 UTC