Activists and humanitarian institutions cheered the American reversal in policy Wednesday and urged others to follow suit to remove the intellectual property protections on the COVID-19 vaccines. ———GENEVA — The World Health Organization has given its authorization for emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by China’s Sinopharm. ———ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken in favor of waiving patents for COVID-19 vaccines and vowed to “share” Turkey’s vaccines once they are available. The country is working to develop an intranasal COVID-19 vaccine. However, coronavirus cases in Britain have gone down significantly since a lockdown in January, and restrictions are gradually easing.

Source: ABC News May 07, 2021 08:56 UTC