China To Do More to Make COVID-19 Vaccines Accessible to Developing Countries, Says Xi

President Xi Jinping told attendees of the Boao Forum taking place on China’s southern Hainan Island on Tuesday that Beijing will increase the “accessibility and affordability” of vaccines for developing countries.

In typical fashion, the President did not provide any specifics on that promise, similar to his equally ambiguous May 2020 commitment to make Chinese vaccines available to poor countries as a “global public good.”

At present, China and Russia have become the world’s two leading suppliers of vaccines to developing states given a dramatic slowdown in Covax deliveries and no exports from wealthy countries. 

It’s important to note, however, that although China has shipped more than 650 million doses, only 15 million of those jabs were provided as donations, according to the latest data from the Beijing-based consultancy Bridge.

Today’s China Vaccines Headlines in Africa:

  • MADAGASCAR: President Andry Rajoelina on Monday announced that the island nation would seek to acquire the Chinese-manufactured Sinopharm vaccine alongside three other vaccines to be used during its planned mass COVID-19 vaccination drive. (CGTN)
  • EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Chinese ambassador Qi Mei oversaw a handover ceremony with Senate President Teresa Efua Asangono of an unspecified quantity of COVID-19 vaccines that arrived on Monday in Malabo. (@EMBCHINAGE)
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