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Activists urge Germany to suspend patents on Covid-19 medical tools

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Activists urge Germany to suspend patents on Covid19 medical tools

A call has been made to the German government to support the immediate suspension of all Covid-19 medical tools.Doctors Without Borders , with civil society bodies, has urged Germany to support the immediate suspension of patents on all Covid-19 medical tools in light of low vaccination rates in SA and other African countries.

A letter signed by civil society groups, patient bodies and human rights activists has been sent to German chancellor Olaf Scholz, economics minister Robert Habeck and development minister Svenja Schulze.Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property waiver — an intellectual rights protocol — at the World Trade Organization, “which to date has been outright blocked by the German government”.

In 18 African countries, fewer than 2% of people have been vaccinated, while in Germany 70% have received at least one dose.

 

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