The WTO meeting comes amid warnings over the emergence of harmful new Covid-19 variants in developing countries which have so far been left largely unvaccinated. More than 130 countries, including the US, now back the idea, which would permit the establishment of vaccine factories in countries and regions currently facing jab shortages. They argue that donations of doses through the global Covax scheme are no substitute for allowing developing countries to make their own supplies. At the very least, it’s time we got out of the way and allowed countries to make their own jabs. He told The Independent: “All of the big industrialised countries have five or six times the supplies they need on order.

Source: Daily Nation July 26, 2021 23:01 UTC