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Nearly 40 MEPs call for Covid-19 vaccines to be considered public goods

Brussels, 18/01/2021 (Agence Europe) – Thirty-eight MEPs from the Greens/EFA and La Gauche groups in the European Parliament sent a letter on Thursday 14 January to the Presidents of the European Commission, the European Council and the Council of the EU, calling for vaccines to be treated as public goods guaranteed for all. According to them, the European Union should end restrictions arising from patents and intellectual property rights to avoid non-compliance or delays in the...