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China will work with the Islamic Development Bank to help member states build public health laboratories in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic . Chen Weiqing, China’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, signed an agreement with Mansur Muhtar, vice-president of the IsDB, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday. Basic information on the deal was released in a written briefing from the Chinese embassy but with few details. The IsDB, made up of 57 shareholding member states, focuses on Islamic finance . Saudi Arabia is the largest single shareholder. In the briefing the ambassador said China and Islamic countries had helped one...
