Malaysia among 30 countries in alliance to share Covid-19 tools

CORONAVIRUS | Thirty countries led by Costa Rica and the World Health Organization launched an initiative today aimed at sharing vaccines, medicines and diagnostic tools to tackle the global Covid-19 pandemic.

While the developing nations' push - called the Covid-19 Technology Access Pool - was welcomed by groups including Doctors Without Borders, a drug industry alliance questioned if it would really boost collaboration or broaden access to Covid-19 medicines.