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INSANE: World trade organization seeks shot in the arm with covid jab ip idea | Vintage Vibes

WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during a press conference at the 12th Ministerial Conference at the headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO), in Geneva, Switzerland on June 12, 2022. © Martial Trezzini, AP

The WTO's search for a role in fighting the pandemic sharpened up on Monday as ministers seek a compromise to lift intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines.

The World Trade Organization's first ministerial meeting since December 2017 is wrestling with the wording of a text that would temporarily waive patents on coronavirus jabs.

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