China's Xi promises 1bn COVID-19 vaccine doses to Africa | Coronavirus pandemic News

Xi pledges to donate 600 million doses of vaccine directly, with a further 400 million doses coming from other sources. Xi’s promise comes as part of forum between China and African states [Andrew Galbraith/Reuters] President Xi Jinping has said China would offer another one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to African countries and would encourage Chinese companies to invest no less than $10bn in Africa across the next three years. The pledge of additional vaccine doses - on top of the nearly 200 million that China has already supplied to the continent - comes as concerns intensify about the spread…