He insisted the EU is ramping up production to meet global demand and sharing it through COVAX, the international vaccine organization that ensures doses are distributed equitably. There's been a lot of debate and criticism over the EU's opposition to temporarily waiving vaccine intellectual property protections. South Africa and India recently proposed the waiver of intellectual property protections for a whole host of coronavirus-related products, including vaccines, at the World Trade Organization. A vaccine waiver is considered critical in order to ramp up production, especially in the developing world, WHO officials have said. (Francisco Seco/Associated Press)"The liberalization of intellectual property will not be the magic bullet, the silver bullet," he said.

Source: CBC News June 15, 2021 13:07 UTC