WTO D-G wants end to export constraints on vaccines for freer flow to all countries
At the latest, global vaccination rate it would take an estimated 4.9-years to cover 75% of the population
17 February 2021 - 14:17
Geneva — World Trade Organization (WTO) director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has urged the EU and all other WTO members to end export restrictions on vaccines and other medical goods needed to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
“This is the only way we can get a freer flow of goods and get them to countries that don’t have access,” Okonjo-Iweala said on Tuesday...
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