China says backs talks on IP waiver for Covid vaccines


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A worker performs a quality check in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease vaccine, during a government-organised media tour in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. — Reuters pic BEIJING, May 13 — China supports talks on waiving intellectual property protections on Covid-19 vaccines, Beijing’s commerce ministry said today, amid a global push to widen access to jabs. The World Trade Organisation has for months faced calls to temporarily remove patent protections on coronavirus vaccines, in a bid to get the drugs to poorer countries struggling to inoculate their people. The US has...