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A nurse prepares a dose of the Sinopharm coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Wilkins Hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe, March 24, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
As African countries expand the range of vaccines used to battle a brutal third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese vaccines such as Sinovac and Sinopharm are being used in greater numbers across the continent.
In addition to vaccines donated by the Chinese government, many African countries are buying the Chinese doses while other nations have signed agreements to manufacture the vaccines locally.
In February, China pledged to provide COVID-19 vaccines to 19 African countries that had requested them, as part of its commitment to make vaccines public global goods.
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China has emerged as the world’s largest provided of COVID-19 vaccines, having sold or donated over 200 million doses of its Sinopharm and Sinovac jabs, enough to fully vaccinate over 100 million people. By contrast, the next leading exporter, the EU, has sent just 82.3 million doses abroad. China is by far the leading provider of vaccines to the developing world, where countries have struggled to access any inoculation doses at all.
What does that mean for the 15 countries around the world that recognize Taiwan – and thus have no access to China’s vaccines?
It’s certainly an issue of concern for Taipei. Back in April, Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu accused China of “flexing its muscles” and using vaccine diplomacy to try to win over Taiwan’s diplomatic allies. “If you look at those countries that are receiving the Chinese vaccines, whether it’s Brazil or Chile or El Salvador, I think it’s having lots of impact on our diplomatic allies,”