A GROUP of 36 MPs is urging the British government to back international calls for patents on Covid-19 vaccines to be waived temporarily.  

Some 130 countries have yet to receive a single dose of the vaccine, with just 10 nations having administered 75 per cent of all jabs so far, according to the United Nations. 

To address this stark disparity, the group of MPs – including Labour’s Richard Burgon, Diane Abbott, Clive Lewis and Zarah Sultana – is urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson to back calls by over 100 countries for patents on Covid-19 vaccines to be set aside.