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A United States government website is displayed on a computer, January 19, 2022, in Walpole, Mass., that features a page where people can order free, at-home COVID-19 tests
HEALTH campaigners today accused the United States and the European Union of double standards on preparations for the next pandemic, warning that their conduct threatens to “undermine the safety of all humanity in the next health crisis.”
The intervention comes as the world marks four years since the Worlds Health Organisation (WHO) declared Covid-19 a pandemic.
In that time, rich countries have blocked a proposal to waive intellectual property rules on Covid-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments, despite widespread support from low- and middle-income countries, health and trade experts, and civil society organisations.
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT
