European Union leaders cranked up their criticism of the U.S. call to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents Saturday, arguing the move would bring no short or midterm relief.

They instead urged Washington to lift export restrictions if it wants to have a global impact on the pandemic.“We don’t think, in the short term, that it’s the magic bullet,” said EU Council President Charles Michel on the second day of an EU summit in Portugal.

French President Emmanuel Macron insisted that giving any priority to discussing intellectual property rights now, “is a false debate.”Instead, they joined previous EU calls for U.S.

President Joe Biden to start boosting U.S. vaccine exports to contain the global COVID-19 crisis, insisting it was the most urgent need..

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B.C. bringing in vaccine mandate for all remaining health-care workers

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2 men charged in string of New Castle County residential burglaries

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Govt. program does not pay for crack pipes, White House says

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COVID-19: Ontario health minister says ‘not in the clear’ yet to end proof of vaccination, masking

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The Healing: Black men yoga takes shape to combat mental health

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Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong's stolen classic car recovered in OC

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Lanarkshire locals encouraged to beat winter blues with health walks

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Global COVID cases top 400 million as levels decline again

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Pope Francis backs waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines

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Macron says U.S. should ditch curbs on COVID-19 vaccine exports

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EU sceptical of US push to lift Covid vaccine patents

Covid vaccine patents to boost supply to poorer countries, while defending its own record as the world's biggest exporter of doses."An IP waiver will not solve the problems, will not bring a single dose of vaccine in the short- and medium-term," European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen told a news conference at an EU summit in Portugal, using an abbreviation for "intellectual property".That position was echoed by French President Emmanuel Macron, who stressed that the bigger problem was US and British export restrictions on vaccines and their raw materials."The Anglo-Saxons block many of these ingredients and vaccines," he told reporters.

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Biden's move to support Covid vaccine patent waiver designed to spread US influence

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China trade surges as global demand recovers from pandemic

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'Monumental moment': WHO after US support for Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver

waiving patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines amid the global health crisis, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus termed the Biden administration's decision as "powerful example of US leadership to address global health challenges"."This is a monumental moment in the fight against #COVID19.

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WHO Director-General commends United States decision to support temporary waiver on intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines

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NFL giving away Super Bowl LVI tickets to 50 fans vaccinated for COVID-19

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Florida sees 4,414 new COVID-19 cases as President Biden pushes for more walk-up vaccine sites

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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