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China approves two more domestic COVID-19 vaccines for public use
China's medical products regulator said on Thursday that it had approved two more COVID-19 vaccines for public use, raising the number of domestically produced vaccines that can be used in China to four.
Singapore's first Chinese COVID-19 vaccines arrive ahead of approval
Singapore received its first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine made by China's Sinovac Biotech on Tuesday, its health ministry said, although the shot is still awaiting approval for use in the city-state.
Senegal begins vaccinating against coronavirus with doses from China
Senegal began its coronavirus vaccination campaign on Tuesday with 200,000 doses that it purchased from China's Sinopharm, which it received last week.
Indian pharma firms go local seeking to end reliance on China
Indian drug companies are looking to local makers of so-called active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) or trying to make them in-house in a bid to end their reliance on China as ties between the two countries soured after a deadly border clash last June.
Biden, Trudeau pledge to counter China, climate change, in warm first 'meeting'
U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought on Tuesday to turn the page on the Trump era, stressing the countries' deep ties and pledging to work together to counteract Chinese influence and address climate change.
Hong Kong leader gets China's Sinovac vaccine to bolster public confidence
Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam received China's Sinovac vaccine on Monday together with top officials at a live televised event to bolster public confidence ahead of the vaccine's rollout in the global financial hub this week.
Over 43 million doses of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccines used globally: state media
(This story corrects last paragraph to read China has promised to donate vaccines to several countries, not they have been delivered)
China Deploys Covid-19 Vaccine to Build Influence, With U.S. on Sidelines
Beijing and its companies are assembling a chain of airplanes, warehouses and trucks to deliver refrigerated doses to the developing world, the latest link in its push to build global influence; “knight in shining armor.”
At Biden's G7 debut, leaders look beyond COVID to trade and China
Group of Seven leaders, who control a little under half of the world's economy, on Friday sought to look beyond the COVID-19 pandemic towards rebuilding their battered economies with free trade and to countering China's "non-market oriented" policies.
Nepal approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine, to make first purchases from India
Nepal approved on Thursday the emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by an affiliate of China’s Sinopharm , a government official said, the second vaccine cleared after AstraZeneca's product.
Hong Kong advisory panel approves China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
A Hong Kong government advisory panel on COVID-19 vaccines said on Tuesday it would recommend China's Sinovac vaccine for emergency use, a move that brings it a step closer to being formally greenlighted in the Asian financial hub.
First 550,000 doses of Chinese Sinopharm's vaccine arrive in Hungary
The first 550,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in Budapest, a leading health official said on Tuesday, as Hungary prepares to become the first EU country to roll out the Chinese vaccine.
China cracks down on spurious, illegal, pricey vaccines
China is cracking down on vaccine-related crimes, making dozens of arrests over the production and distribution of fake coronavirus vaccines, price gouging and illegal inoculations, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
Biden to discuss pandemic, economy and China in Friday G7 meeting
President Joe Biden will hold his first event with other leaders from the Group of Seven nations in a virtual meeting on Friday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic, the world economy and dealing with China, the White House said on Sunday.
China’s Covid-19 Vaccine Diplomacy Boosts Its Influence in Europe
Frustrated by rollout stumbles on the continent, some small European countries are turning to Beijing for help fighting Covid-19, a trend that could expand China’s presence in a strategically important region.
Pakistan approves Chinese CanSinoBIO COVID vaccine for emergency use
Pakistan on Friday approved China's CanSino Biologics Inc's (CanSinoBIO) COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, Health Minister Faisal Sultan said, the fourth candidate authorized in the South Asian nation of 220 million.
EU approves all requests for COVID-19 vaccine export to UK, U.S., Japan, China
The European Commission has so far approved all requests for the export of COVID-19 vaccines, including to Britain, the United States, China and Japan, since it set up on Jan. 30 a mechanism to monitor vaccine flows, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.
China’s Covid-19 Vaccine Makers Struggle to Meet Demand
Chinese vaccine makers are racing to meet the needs of China and a growing list of countries Beijing has pledged to supply, but there are signs that inoculations are going slower than planned.
Laos receives 300,000 vaccine doses from China - reports
Laos on Monday received 300,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, media in the two countries reported.
Vaccine diplomacy: India seeks to rival China with broad shipments
India has approved the shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to Cambodia and plans to supply Mongolia and Pacific Island states, officials said on Sunday, as supplies arrived in Afghanistan - all part of the country's widening vaccine diplomacy.