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15 April 2021AmericasAlex Baldwin

Former world leaders call on Biden to waive COVID IPs

A group of more than 170 former world leaders and Nobel Laureates has called upon US President Joe Biden to waive IP rights for COVID vaccines, in an open letter posted yesterday.

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