Around 200 civil society organisations and trade unions from the Global South are calling on leaders of high-income countries not to block adoption of the proposal to the WTO to temporarily waive certain IP requirements of the TRIPS Agreement to facilitate effective prevention, containment, and treatment of COVID-19.
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On Monday, 15 February, a collective Global South open letter on the waiver is being sent to countries that are obstructing the process, including to the representatives of the European Commission, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Canada, Japan and Australia.
On Tuesday, 16 February, the letters will be also shared with policy makers of the