President Cyril Ramaphosa reiterated his call to the world's richest countries to support a vaccine patent waiver. Ramaphosa said lack of action on patents and supply of Covid-19 medication would result in more loss of lives. He said the Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator, a global collaboration to ensure equal access to vaccines, has so far supported more than 70 countries. President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday called on members of the G7 to actively support temporary patent waiver for vaccines to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. "If all G7 countries met their fair share target, this initiative would be two-thirds funded – and it would be 90% funded if all G20 countries made their fair share contributions.

Source: News 24 June 13, 2021 08:37 UTC