World Health Organization CEO Tedros Gebresus welcomed the actions of the Presidential of the US President Joe Bayiden, who supported the refusal of patents to coronavirus vaccines to eliminate obstacles in the production of drugs in the world.
“This is a significant moment in the fight against COVID-19,” he wrote Greesus in Twitter, calling the decision of the American administration, “a powerful example of the United States leadership regarding challenges in global health care.”
The head of WHO for several months called the countries involved in the negotiations within the World Trade Organization (WTO) on intellectual property rights, suspend patent rules for those vaccines that are permitted for use in emergency situations. As noted on the UN’s website, the United States has long opposed it.
However, on Wednesday, May 5, the representative of Washington at the negotiations of Catherine Tha published a statement that the United States supported the refusal to protect intellectual property against COVID-19 vaccines.