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BBC: Germany rejects US-backed proposal to waive vaccine patents

By BBC.

Published May 7, 2021. Updated May 7 at 2:27 am

(FILES) In this file photograph taken on March 25, 2021, bottles of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson Janssen Covid-19 vaccine await transfer into syringes for administering at a vaccine rollout targetting immingrants and the undocumented in Los Angeles. - Europe's medicines regulator said April 20, 2021, that blood clots should be listed as a "very rare" side effect of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine, but that the benefits of the shot still outweigh the risks. The United States is also expected to announce its decision on the single-shot J&J vaccine by April 23, as nations around the world urgently try to accelerate inoculation campaigns and revive their pandemic-ravaged economies. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

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Germany has voiced opposition to a US-backed proposal to waive patents on Covid-19 vaccines, saying they were not hindering production of the jabs. Its government said “the protection of intellectual property is a source of innovation and must remain so”.