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BEIJING, April 27 (Reuters) - China’s State Councillor Wang Yi, who is also the country’s foreign minister, said on Tuesday Beijing will help South Asian countries get access to coronavirus vaccines.
In a video conference with the foreign ministers of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Wang also said China was willing to set up emergency supply reserves with South Asian countries in the fight against COVID-19, according to a statement from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Reporting by Yew Lun Tian; writing by Tom Daly; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
Covid: China to help Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh get vaccines
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FM says China was willing to set up emergency supply reserves with South Asian countries.
China said on Tuesday it had offered help to South Asian countries in accessing Covid-19 vaccines but India did not attend a regional video-conference on the matter, although it is currently suffering the world s worst wave of the pandemic.
China s State Councillor and foreign minister Wang Yi hosted the conference attended by Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, to which China s neighbour and regional rival India was also invited, the Chinese foreign ministry said.
Sri Lanka and
Bangladesh, Wang also said China was willing to set up emergency supply reserves with South Asian countries in the fight against Covid-19, according to a statement from China’s ministry of foreign affairs.
Thailand reported 15 new coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, setting a daily record for the third time in four days in its worst-outbreak yet. Bangladeshi people hold umbrellas as they walk during a heat wave sweeping in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 27 April 2021. Photograph: Monirul Alam/EPA
Bangladesh’s drug regulator on Tuesday approved the
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China’s Sinopharm shot would follow very soon as a supply line from India falters.
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