 "Union railways and commerce minister Piyush Goyal")
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday called for scaling up global production of vaccines and medical products to battle the pandemic.
This will require removal of barriers to the production of Covid-19 medical products, including where necessary intellectual property protection, Goyal said at an event organised by the World Trade Organization on “Covid-19 and vaccine equity: What can the WTO contribute?”
The minister said an inequitable vaccination programme could prolong the pandemic for many years through cycles of mutation and might cost the global economy trillions of dollars as lost output and fiscal and monetary
This will require removal of barriers to the production of Covid-19 medical products, including where necessary intellectual property protection, Goyal said at an event organised by the World Trade Organization on “Covid-19 and vaccine equity: What can the WTO contribute?”
The minister said an inequitable vaccination programme could prolong the pandemic for many years through cycles of mutation and might cost the global economy trillions of dollars as lost output and fiscal and monetary
