BUSINESS AND POLICY LEADERS SIGN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BIDEN URGING U.S. LEADERSHIP TO SPEED GLOBAL VACCINATION EFFORT

NEW YORK, May 17 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- A group of 16 international business and policy leaders today published an open letter to U.S. President Joseph R. Biden calling on him to “demonstrate decisive U.S. leadership now” to combat increasingly deadly Covid-19 outbreaks in Latin America, Europe and Asia.

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“The U.S. must act now to leverage rapidly increasing U.S. domestic vaccine production, export ever-larger volumes of our surplus supplies, and go to work on the massive technical and logistical challenges to vaccine development on a global scale,” the letter says, noting the rampant spread of the virus in places like India and the Philippines and the likelihood for mutations that will perpetuate globally if left unchecked.

The letter also expresses opposition to the intellectual property waiver being promoted by the World Trade Organization, saying the move “would make little difference and could do harm” by not considering the steps necessary for safely manufacturing the vaccines.

BUSINESS AND POLICY LEADERS SIGN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BIDEN URGING U.S. LEADERSHIP TO SPEED GLOBAL VACCINATION EFFORT