Waiver Under TRIPS Agreement Needed More Urgently Now

In my previous article - Waiver under the Trip Agreement amid COVID-19² I pleaded for urgent need for waiver of TRIP Agreement to make available vaccines for COVID-19 at low cost to developing and least developed nations. In the last 2 months much water has flown under the bridge and many countries including India are suffering much worst waive of Corona pandemic.

Current waive of Corona virus is much worst and has caused havoc on mankind. Many developed and developing countries have suffered second, third and fourth waive of Corona virus. On top of it virus has mutated many-times over. Every few weeks media is reporting new variant of Corona virus deadlier than earlier. India too is overwhelmed by Corona virus – everyday now reporting around 400,000 new cases and around 4,000 deaths - and some other countries have had either same percentage or more of new cases or deaths in terms of percentage of population.