Covid vaccine: China joins deal to get Covid-19 vaccine to poorer nations


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China has signed up to a deal to ensure future Covid-19 vaccines are distributed to developing countries, the biggest economy yet to join the World Health Organization-led bid to control the pandemic . The COVAX pledge to get vaccines to poorer nations as soon as they are developed aims to head off fears rich countries will limit distribution of game-changing medicines made by their pharmaceutical companies. The deal gives China, the country where the virus first emerged, a prominent role in the global effort to share vaccines with less-developed countries. China joined COVAX to "honour its commitment to turn Covid-19...