The 35 member LDC group (Least-developed countries) has come out to support the India-South Africa proposal for waiver on IPR or intellectual property rights for COVID vaccine patents. The Indian-South African proposal of last year comes even as the top focus globally has been easy access for covid vaccines. Intact, 14 European parliamentarians have written a strongly worded letter to EU leadership calling for support for India's South Africa proposal. India-South African proposal is seen as a "nuclear option" and In fact, the Italian Parliament had backed the proposal as far as December. Global civil society groups are also keen US President to back the waiver.

Source: dna February 24, 2021 13:07 UTC