Currently, among the most affected nations are the US (32.6 million infected, 581,000 deaths), India (21.8 million cases, 238,000 fatalities), and Brazil (15.1 million cases, and a death toll of over 421,000).
EU leaders debated the US proposal to suspend vaccine patents as a way to increase global supply. Von der Leyen said the bloc was ready to go into that discussion but warned that the EU would look at it from a long-term perspective.
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