China has decided to provide vaccine aid to African countries including Ethiopia, a concrete step in honoring President Xi Jinping's pledge of making COVID-19 vaccines a global public good.
While COVID-19 is still rampaging globally, vaccines are the focus of international cooperation for the next stage.
According to a press release Chinese Embassy in Addis Ababa sent to The Ethiopian Herald, China is willing to work together with the international community to strengthen cooperation in vaccines, make vaccines public goods that are accessible and affordable to people in all countries, and make them truly become a people's vaccine.
At the request of the WHO, China decided to provide 10 million doses of domestic vaccine to the COVAX to meet the urgent needs of developing countries. On top of that, China has so far provided vaccine assistance to 53 developing countries that have made requests, and has exported vaccines to 22 countries.
"China is committed to building a China-Africa community of health for all. China will continue to work with Africa to fully deliver on the outcomes of the FOCAC Beijing Summit and the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19, with greater focus on public health, economic reopening and improvement of livelihoods." said Zhao Lijian, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.