Southeast Asia a priority for Chinese vaccines as Delta fuels surge in Covid-19 cases, Vice-President Wang Qishan says


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China’s Vice-President Wang Qishan has said Southeast Asia is a priority for China’s vaccine distribution programme as countries in the region try to boost inoculation rates amid a surge in variant infections . Wang said that so far China had delivered nearly 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. “China is willing to provide vaccines to Asean countries as a matter of priority, to support the construction of the Asean regional reserve of medical supplies for public health emergencies, and to strengthen international cooperation in vaccine R&D and production distribution,” he told...