European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said the EU was “ready to discuss” a US proposal for waiving intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines.
US President Joe Biden supported the idea in what was called a “monumental moment” by the World Health Organisation.
It comes as a study, published in The Lancet, showed two doses of the Pfizer vaccine have proved more than 95 per cent effective against infection, hospitalisation and death from Covid-19 in Israel.
The study’s authors said it showed the impact of vaccines on ending the pandemic, as opposed to lockdowns.
