Is your general message to workers that £100bn is your limit? asks faisalislam Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the furlough scheme in the UK 'is very generous... eight months is a long time to have the support' Updates:
The World Health Organization has launched a"technology access pool" to ensure that treatments, vaccines and the technology surrounding them is provided to all who need them - and are not simply bought up by the wealthiest countries.WHO head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said tools to prevent, detect and treat Covid-19 were"global public goods that must be accessible by all people".
"Science is giving us solutions, but to make the solutions work for everyone, we need solidarity," he said. The initial proposal came from Costa Rica, which suggested a common fund where those who decide to participate - voluntarily - will make available the scientific knowledge, data and intellectual property they develop.
In addition to medicines and vaccines, this includes improved diagnostic tests, medical devices , health protection equipment and any other technology that proves useful in curbing the pandemic. However some of the world’s biggest economies, and major pharmaceutical producing countries - among them the US, UK, China and Switzerland - have not yet given their backing to the scheme, apparently fearful of setting a precedent in relinquishing intellectual property rights to vital medicines they have developed.
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