South Africa and India argue that surrendering patents would mean the secret vaccine recipes would be released so other countries could start producing the life-saving jabs, potentially lowering the cost.
India reported more than 4,000 deaths from Covid for the first time on Saturday.
But on Saturday Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan appeared for only the first time in her home country with a mask on, while meeting a group of 900 elders in Dar Es Salaam.
But since his death from what officials said were heart complications – following a mysterious weeks-long absence – Hassan has forced her country to change tack and grapple with the dangers of the virus.
One in five intensive care unit beds has a Covid patient in it and six of Spain’s territories are still considered to be at extreme risk, according to the government – with more than 250 cases per 100,000 residents, over a 14-day period.
Adding to concern is the lapse of a national state of emergency on Sunday.
Two new coronavirus cases in Sydney this week led to a pause.
Just a reminder that India has recorded more than 4,000 daily deaths from coronavirus for the first time.
She said the true scale of deaths from Covid-19 was yet to be revealed because many people had seen little point in seeking out a health facility: “We already have heard of so many people who never approached a health care facility because they were afraid of different things and many could not afford to go.
The country is currently battling a fresh surge in cases, recording some 140,000 new infections in April alone.