FILE PHOTO: Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi arrives for an informal dinner event during an EU summit at the Crystal Palace in Porto, Portugal, May 7, 2021. Luis Vieira/Pool via REUTERS
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Wednesday that the United States and Britain should lift their block on the export of COVID-19 vaccines.
Draghi told the lower house of parliament he shared the aim behind U.S. President Joe Biden's call for a waiver of patents on coronavirus vaccines, adding that a temporary suspension would probably not discourage pharmaceutical research.
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