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FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis leads the Mass on Christmas Eve in St. Peter's Basilica amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic at the Vatican December 24, 2020. Vincenzo Pinto/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Pope Francis backs waivers on intellectual property rights for vaccines

"A variant of this virus is closed nationalism, which prevents, for example, an internationalism of vaccines"

The chief trial investigator for the vaccine said that he's optimistic about reaching that point before the end of this year Photo: Bloomberg
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U.S Faces Fierce Internal Debate on Vaccine IP Waiver as WTO Meets

FILE PHOTO: A person is seen in water near a beach which is usually full of tourists, amid fear of coronavirus in Phuket, Thailand March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/
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Thailand approves quarantine waiver for tourists, orders more vaccines