Participated in "COVAX Facility", a vaccine distribution framework in Corona, China October 9, 14:41
The Chinese government has announced that it has participated in the "COVAX Facility", a framework created by the WHO = World Health Organization, etc., in order to fairly deliver the vaccine for the new coronavirus to countries around the world.
Hua Chunying, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, announced on the 9th that he participated in the "COVAX Facility", a framework for fair delivery of the new coronavirus vaccine to countries around the world, on the 8th. did.
The "COVAX Facility" is an international cooperation framework created by WHO and others, and about 170 countries and regions including Japan participate.
“China is a world leader in vaccine development and has sufficient production capacity. We have decided to participate in promoting the fair distribution of vaccines and demonstrating actual action to secure vaccines in developing countries,” spokesman Hua said. It is said.
On top of that, he implicitly restrained the United States, which did not participate in this framework, as "encouraging more countries with development capabilities to participate."
China has indicated that the four vaccines under development are in the final stages of clinical trials and that it will be able to produce about 600 million vaccines by the end of the year, so the announcement of participation is international. It seems that there is also an aim to strengthen the influence.