China gives over 800m vaccine doses to 100-plus nations

China has provided about 800 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in total to more than 100 countries around the world, especially to developing countries, Vice-Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said on Friday

Earlier this month, Beijing has vowed to provide 2 billion doses of vaccines to the world in the course of this year, and it has decided to donate $100 million to the COVAX Facility for distributing vaccines to developing countries.

China subscribes to the vision of building a global community of health for all, and it "provides COVID-19 response assistance to the international community as far as it can", Ma said at a briefing held in Beijing on Friday for foreign diplomats based in China.

Beijing has taken the lead in carrying out the world's largest vaccine cooperation campaign, taking concrete action to fulfill its commitment to make Chinese vaccines a global public good, Ma said.

It can be said that China is the country that provides the largest number of COVID-19 vaccines to the world, and it is the earliest and the fastest supplier, the official said.