Significant differences between richer and poorer nations are threatening progress on a key pandemic treaty, with officials warning that the planned May deadline for delivery of the global accord may be missed.
“[The] biggest issue at the moment is whether we’ll be able to reach agreement in May and what the consequences are if we fail”, said one western diplomat with knowledge of the process. Member states received a new draft of the text from the World Health Organization late on Friday, with the last round of talks set to take place at the end of March.
The sharing of genomic data on pathogens and funding for health systems during emergencies were some of the biggest issues dividing negotiators, officials said.
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