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The Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that his nation "hope capable countries will all take concrete actions to support COVAX & help developing countries obtain vaccines on time."
On Wednesday, China announced that it would provide 10 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines to the COVAX facility, "mainly to meet the urgent need of developing countries," the authorities stressed.
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The Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that his nation "hope capable countries will all take concrete actions to support COVAX & help developing countries obtain vaccines on time." As Chinese pharmaceutical companies Sivovac, CanSino, and Sinopharm are holding negotiations to join the COVAX distribution scheme, led by the World Health Organization.
China has decided to provide 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to COVAX, mainly to meet the urgent need of developing countries. We hope capable countries will all take concrete actions to support COVAX & help developing countries obtain vaccines in a timely manner. pic.twitter.com/7qTuAkznfQ
— Spokesperson发言人办公室 (@MFA_China) February 3, 2021
Since December 2020, China is sending COVID-19 vaccines to several countries worldwide as its manufacturers struck a deal for the distribution of 400 million COVID-19 vaccines worldwide, including Brazil, Indonesia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.
Moreover, on February 1, Pakistan received a Chinese donation of half a million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine. The authorities confirmed that the first 400,000 vaccines would be allocated to front-line health workers.
#FromTheSouth News Bits | China will produce 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for developing nations which will be distributed through the global COVAX initiative. pic.twitter.com/pPXRLjTyr4
— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) February 4, 2021
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