Coronavirus Notebook: Moderna Postpones EU Spikevax Supplies, Industry Insists TRIPS Waiver Is Redundant

The medical NGO, MSF, has urged countries not to adopt the latest draft of the proposed waiver, saying it would impair efforts to boost access to COVID-19 products around the world. The WHO has been looking at the benefits of hybrid immunity – and how far it might be waning.

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Moderna, Inc. has agreed to postpone the delivery of some doses of its Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine that were due to be delivered in the EU during the second quarter, in a move aimed at helping to match supply of the vaccine with current demand from EU member states.

Under the deal, which was agreed by the US firm and the European Commission, the vaccine doses will be delivered...

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