US President Joe Biden on Friday once again called on countries to meet next week at the World Trade Organization to agree to temporarily lift copyright protection against COVID-19 vaccines following the launch of the COVID-19 vaccine. of the Omicron variant of the new coronavirus in South Africa.
However, the meeting he was referring to was postponed indefinitely as Omicron’s location sparked travel restrictions that would prevent many of the participants from arriving in Geneva on time.
“The news of this new variant should make it clearer than ever why this pandemic will not end until we have vaccinated the world’s population,” Biden was quoted as saying in a press release issued by his services.
“This news shows ‘how important it is to move fast’ towards the temporary lifting of vaccine patents,” he insisted.
Joe Biden’s government has come under fire again after the Omicron variant was identified, as there are still insufficient quantities of COVID-19 vaccines in the poorest countries at a time when free US aid is being offered to Americans.
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