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World Service,06 May 2021,49 mins

US supports waiving intellectual property protections for Covid vaccines

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The US has made a surprise announcement: it wants to waive intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines. So could the jabs be made all around the world? We take you through the medical and political implications. We go to a country desperate for vaccines right now - Nepal. The Prime minister says they need them to help ward off a collapse of the health system And we hear about the release of twenty-seven Nigerian students who had been abducted in March.

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