NEW DELHI—New COVID-19 deaths surged past 4,000 for the first time in India on Saturday in one of the world’s worst outbreaks, as pressure by the European Union mounted on Washington to end vaccine export limits and offer a concrete plan to lift patents.
“I call very clearly on the United States to put an end to export bans not only on vaccines but on vaccine ingredients, which prevent production,” French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters at an EU summit in the Portuguese city of Porto.
He was referring to a de facto US ban on the export of vaccine raw materials.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the EU had exported much of its own production and the United State…
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