HONG KONG, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) — China is playing a leading role in addressing the widening gap in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines between richer and poorer countries, said an opinion piece published in the South China Morning Post recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
China will strive to provide 2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to the world this year and offer 100 million U.S. dollars to COVAX, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday in a written message to the first meeting of the International Forum on COVID-19 Vaccine Cooperation, which was jointly held by 23 countries via video links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the forum, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that 11 billion more doses of vaccines are needed to inoculate 70 percent of the world’s population against the disease, said the article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are growing concerns about the divide in worldwide inoculation rates, said the article, adding that World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said last week that high-income countries had administered almost 100 doses for every 100 people, compared with just 1.5 doses for every hundred in poorer countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi also told the forum that China would step up its vaccine help to developing countries, including through technology transfers and cooperative production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“China has been a major vaccine provider during the pandemic, mainly through its Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines that have been added to the WHO’s emergency use lists,” said the article. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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