GENEVA, March 1 (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization's
new director-general said on Monday the trade body needs to work
with companies to open up more manufacturing sites for COVID-19
vaccines in developing countries.
"People are dying in poor countries," said Nigeria's Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala in a speech to the WTO's 164 members at a meeting
in her first day in the job.
"We must focus on working with companies to open up and
license more viable manufacturing sites now in emerging markets
and developing countries," she said, adding that technology
transfers were also required.