They claim US to issue coronavirus vaccine patents

The United States has approved three vaccines: Pfizer and BioNTech based in Germany, that of Modern and of Johnson & Johnson.

“The United States and a handful of other wealthy countries hold the rights to a disproportionate amount of the world’s vaccine supply, while other nations struggle to immunize their populations.“, indicates the CNBC.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote to the White House in support of the measure. Developing countries have urged the World Trade Organization to make the intellectual property of the coronavirus vaccine available.

Almost 19% of U.S. adults and about 15% of the total U.S. population are fully immunized, according to data from the Centers for Disaster Control and Prevention.