Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China: China delivered the new crown vaccine to 7 countries during the Spring Festival
China News Service, Beijing, February 18 (Huang Yuqin) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a regular press conference on the 18th that during the Spring Festival, China did not stop its efforts to provide and assist the new crown vaccine to Zimbabwe and Turkey. , Peru, Morocco, Senegal, Hungary, UAE and other 7 countries delivered vaccines.
China will continue to strengthen cooperation with all parties in the fields of vaccines, prevention and control, and make China's contribution to the ultimate victory in the global fight against the epidemic.
Hua Chunying said that at present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still spreading globally.
As State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi pointed out, there is no principle more important than the supremacy of the people, and no consideration is more important than the supremacy of life.
The Chinese dialect is imperative, and it has been practicing the important announcement of President Xi Jinping, committed to making vaccines as a global public product, and promoting the availability and affordability of vaccines in developing countries.
She said that China took the lead in joining the WHO "Global Cooperation to Accelerate the Development, Production, and Fair Access to New Tools for the Prevention and Control of New Coronary Pneumonia" initiative, and actively carried out vaccine research and development cooperation with more than 10 countries, with a total of more than 100,000 people of more than 100 different nationalities. Volunteers are involved.
China joins and supports the "New Coronary Pneumonia Vaccine Implementation Plan."
At the request of WHO, China decided to provide 10 million doses of domestic vaccine to the "implementation plan" to meet the urgent needs of developing countries.
China has provided vaccine assistance to 53 developing countries that have requested it.
China supports relevant companies to export vaccines to countries that urgently need to obtain vaccines, recognize Chinese vaccines, and have authorized the emergency use of Chinese vaccines in their own countries, and have exported vaccines to 22 countries.
At the same time, China actively leverages its industrial chain advantages to support and assist other countries to process and produce vaccine products in China or locally, and help increase global production capacity.
China has decided to join the Friends of the New Crown Vaccine Group for peacekeepers and donate vaccines to UN peacekeepers.
Hua Chunying said: "During the Spring Festival, we did not stop in providing and assisting vaccines to other countries. We delivered vaccines to seven countries including Zimbabwe, Turkey, Peru, Morocco, Senegal, Hungary, and the United Arab Emirates. Leaders of many countries including Hungary went to the airport to welcome them. , I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to China for its assistance and provision of the new crown vaccine."
Hua Chunying said that with the joint efforts of governments, companies and scientists from all over the world, the new crown vaccine is currently being developed and produced at a record speed, but there are also problems that urgently need to solve the "capacity deficit" and "distribution deficit".
All parties should join hands to resist vaccine "nationalism" and promote the fair and reasonable distribution of vaccines, especially to achieve accessibility and affordability in developing countries, including conflict countries.
"China's international cooperation on the new crown vaccine is to make the new crown vaccine truly a global public product. China will continue to strengthen cooperation with all parties in the fields of vaccines, prevention and control, and promote the construction of a human health community and win the final victory in the global fight against the epidemic. Make China's contribution." Hua Chunying said.
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