President Xi Jinping says China ready to boost global COVID-19 vaccine cooperation

11/21/2020 WORLD BEIJING : President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that China is ready to step up global COVID-19 vaccine cooperation, and called for better international coordination on policies to facilitate the movement of people. Pharmaceutical companies and research centres around the world are working on potential COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants underway. China has five home-grown candidates undergoing Phase III trials. ࢀœChina is willing to strengthen cooperation with other countries in the research and development, production, and distribution of vaccines,ࢀ Xi told the G20 Riyadh Summit via…