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Coronavirus second wave in India: Several states extend restrictions, lockdown; Check details Early this month, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala appealed to the member countries to quickly present and negotiate a text that could temporarily ease trade rules that protect COVID-19 vaccine technology, considering the urgency. “China fully understands and is supportive of the developing world’s demand for an IPR waiver for COVID-19 vaccines,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters Beijing, without directly referring to India and South Africa’s proposal. “As the largest developing country and a responsible member of the international community, China will do all things that...
