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Five Countries in Africa Account for 80% of All Chinese Vaccine Deliveries
Chinese vaccine shipments to Africa increased by 4 million doses over the past week highlighted by a large delivery to Mozambique and the first delivery to Uganda, according to the latest figures from Bridge Consulting's latest Vaccine Tracker Report.
Josep Borrell’s Misguided Views on Chinese Vaccines in Africa
European Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell is really unhappy with how the bloc's member states have hoarded vaccines for themselves at the expense of developing countries in Africa and Latin America. On Friday he criticized the EU's contributions to those regions as "insufficient."
Uganda to Become the Latest African Country to Receive Vaccines From China
Staff from the Ugandan embassy in Beijing conducted a final inspection of a shipment of 300,000 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine that will arrive in Kampala on Saturday. This is among the first vaccine deliveries from China to Uganda ...
While Some in Asia and the Americas Raise New Concerns About the Efficacy of Chinese Vaccines, the PRC Embassy in Zimbabwe Claims Success
A large-scale vaccination drive in the western Zimbabwean city of Victoria Falls that's led to a plunge in the COVID-19 infection rate is prompting officials to claim they reached herd immunity. The Chinese embassy celebrated the success on Twitter on Monday, highlighting the fact that it was ...
Chinese Vaccine Deliveries Close in the Half-Billion Mark With 6% Going to Africa
China has shipped "more than 500 million doses and concentrates to over 100 countries and international organizations, one-sixth of the total global output," according to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian. Zhao did not provide a breakdown of ...
Chinese Ambassador and Egyptian PM Visit Local Factory That Will Produce Sinovac Vaccines
China's ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang was accompanied last week by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly for an onsite visit of the Egyptian pharmaceutical plant that will serve as a manufacturing hub for Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines. Already, the facility has produced a million doses that will be available for ...
Seychelles Doubles Down on Chinese Vaccines Amid Rising Infection Rates and Efficacy Concerns
A new batch of Sinopharm jabs landed in the Seychelles on Tuesday, highlighting the government's loyalty to the Chinese jab, even amid resurgent infection rates in the Indian Ocean island country. The Seychelles, more than almost any other country, took an early ...
Asia, Latin America Remain Top Destinations For Chinese Vaccines While Shipments to Africa Have Largely Stalled
China crossed the 300 million mark last week for the number of COVID-19 vaccines shipped overseas with more than half going to countries in Asia, according to the latest figures the Beijing-based consultancy Bridge Beijing's weekly vaccine tracker report.
Africans Inoculated With Sinopharm Blocked From Entering the European Union
Europe is gradually reopening to vaccinated travelers as coronavirus restrictions ease, but in some African nations such as Morocco recipients of jabs not recognized by the EU are facing disappointment. “It seems very much as if a vaccine has become a ...
Half a Million Sinopharm Jabs Now Going From China to Equatorial Guinea
Media in Equatorial Guinea have been closely following the shipment of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines from the airport in Beijing to the capital in Malabo where it's expected to arrive on Thursday. The Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua confirmed that this shipment ...
As Infections Rise in Countries Previously Vaccinated With Chinese Jabs, Doubts Persist About Vaccine Efficacy
The effectiveness of Chinese-made vaccines is emerging as an enduring narrative in the U.S. media due in part to resurgent infection rates in countries that have relied heavily on Sinopharm and Sinovac jabs. But a lot of this coverage lacks nuance ...
The U.S. Campaign to Challenge China’s Vaccine Distribution Drive in Developing Countries Gets Off to an Awkward Start
The U.S. effort to catch up with China's vaccine distribution drive in developing countries got off to a rocky start on Monday when the embassy in the Caribbean island state of Trinidad and Tobago announced on Twitter that it would donate a total of ...