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UK Covid LIVE: EU ‘ready to discuss’ patent waiver for Covid vaccines as study shows jab impact in Israel

 (REUTERS)
(REUTERS)

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said the EU was “ready to discuss” a US proposal for waiving intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines.

US President Joe Biden supported the idea in what was called a “monumental moment” by the World Health Organisation.

It comes as a study, published in The Lancet, showed two doses of the Pfizer vaccine have proved more than 95 per cent effective against infection, hospitalisation and death from Covid-19 in Israel.

The study’s authors said it showed the impact of vaccines on ending the pandemic, as opposed to lockdowns.