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Biden administration will support lifting vaccine patent protections

May 5, 2021 at 10:30 p.m. EDT
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will support waiving intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines and will move forward with international negotiations to do so, arguing that the global health crisis calls for extraordinary measures.  

Here are some significant developments:

  • A federal judge in D.C. ruled on Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had exceeded its legal authority when it issued a nationwide eviction moratorium last spring.
  • India announced a record number of deaths over the past 24 hours on Wednesday, with 3,780 fatalities. A quarter of the world’s covid-19 deaths in the past week have been in India.
  • The CDC released new data on Wednesday that shows the U.S. birthrate in 2020 dropped for the sixth consecutive year to its lowest point since the government began tracking it.
  • Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg announced Wednesday that the country will launch verifiable vaccine certificates in early June that will allow holders to gain entry to events and that European Union-compliant certificates could happen by late June, Reuters reported.
  • Canada became the first country in the world to authorize use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children between 12 and 15 on Wednesday.
  • The United States is entering a “new phase” of its coronavirus vaccination strategy, President Biden announced, setting a goal of ensuring that 70 percent of U.S. adults have received at least one shot by July 4.
  • New cases in the United States dropped below 50,000 a day on average for the first time since early October in a sign that vaccinations — and warmer weather — may be helping to get the U.S. outbreak under control.
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A federal judge in D.C. ruled on Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had exceeded its legal authority when it issued a nationwide eviction moratorium last spring.
India announced a record number of deaths over the past 24 hours on Wednesday, with 3,780 fatalities. A quarter of the world’s covid-19 deaths in the past week have been in India.
The CDC released new data on Wednesday that shows the U.S. birthrate in 2020 dropped for the sixth consecutive year to its lowest point since the government began tracking it.
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg announced Wednesday that the country will launch verifiable vaccine certificates in early June that will allow holders to gain entry to events and that European Union-compliant certificates could happen by late June, Reuters reported.
Canada became the first country in the world to authorize use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children between 12 and 15 on Wednesday.
The United States is entering a “new phase” of its coronavirus vaccination strategy, President Biden announced, setting a goal of ensuring that 70 percent of U.S. adults have received at least one shot by July 4.
New cases in the United States dropped below 50,000 a day on average for the first time since early October in a sign that vaccinations — and warmer weather — may be helping to get the U.S. outbreak under control.

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