Vaccine Diplomacy in Asia
2 years, 9 months ago

Vaccine Diplomacy in Asia

The Diplomat  

COVID-19 has reshaped everything, not least global politics. The United States Is Still Leading According to the Think Global Health initiative of the Council on Foreign Relations, leading powers have pledged to donate around 2.7 billion vaccine doses to other nations globally. By late last year the United States had delivered more than 90 million COVID-19 doses of its promised vaccine donations to countries in the region – twice as many as China. China’s Vaccine Diplomacy Falters Asia has similarly been a key linchpin in Beijing’s vaccine diplomacy, with the region receiving the greatest number of Chinese vaccines to date, albeit largely on a commercial basis. While the United States and Europe were relatively late to the vaccine diplomacy game, China expedited the export of its vaccines across the developing world.

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The various strategies of vaccine diplomacy
1 year, 3 months ago

The various strategies of vaccine diplomacy

The Hindu  

Suzuki, Mao & Yang, Shiming, ‘Political Economy of vaccine diplomacy: Explaining varying strategies of China, India, and Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy’, Review of International Political Economy, 30:3, 865-890. They argue that “countries with an advantage in vaccine R&D would be more open to technology transfer; countries with greater manufacturing capability would be more likely to keep vaccine production within their …

An auspicious start to Quad
2 years, 7 months ago

An auspicious start to Quad

Hindustan Times  

The second in-person summit of Quad leaders on May 24 couldn’t have asked for a better opening act. In their summit on Tuesday, the leaders of Australia, Japan, India and the US, will seek to focus on convergences in crucial areas such as critical technologies, climate action, trade, sustainable infrastructure and post-pandemic recovery at their summit in Tokyo on Tuesday, …

China’s Xi rejects ‘Cold War mentality,’ pushes cooperation
2 years, 11 months ago

China’s Xi rejects ‘Cold War mentality,’ pushes cooperation

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday that his country will send an additional 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine to other countries, calling for global cooperation to tackle the pandemic and other challenges while urging other powers to discard a “Cold-War mentality” — a veiled swipe at the United States. In a panel session on the virus, Moderna’s …

China leads global cooperation efforts
2 years, 11 months ago

China leads global cooperation efforts

China Daily  

A worker transfers a shipment of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine at Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov 17. The volumes of donations and supplies of medical equipment, including safety kits and personal protection equipment, and vaccines, show China has kept all its promises to contribute to the global fight against the pandemic. Apart from fulfilling its …

Quad partnership on track to produce at least a billion vaccine doses in India by 2022: Joe Biden
3 years, 3 months ago

Quad partnership on track to produce at least a billion vaccine doses in India by 2022: Joe Biden

India TV News  

The Quad partnership is on track to produce at least a billion vaccine doses in India by 2022, US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday, asserting that nothing is more urgent than working together to defeat COVID-19 so the world is much better prepared for future pandemics. The United States and its international partners are working quickly to scale up …

Quad Partnership to Produce At Least 1 Billion Vaccine Doses in India, Says US President Biden
3 years, 3 months ago

Quad Partnership to Produce At Least 1 Billion Vaccine Doses in India, Says US President Biden

News 18  

The Quad partnership is on track to produce at least a billion vaccine doses in India by 2022, US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday, asserting that nothing is more urgent than working together to defeat COVID-19 so the world is much better prepared for future pandemics. “We’re working with partner nations, pharmaceutical companies, and other manufacturers to increase their …

‘Go big’: US doubles COVID vaccine purchases for global sharing
3 years, 3 months ago

‘Go big’: US doubles COVID vaccine purchases for global sharing

Al Jazeera  

Biden announces US commitment to donate total of 1.1 billion vaccines at summit with world leaders. President Joe Biden has announced that the United States will double its purchases of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines for low and middle-income countries, bringing its pledged donations to a total of 1.1 billion doses. “At MSF, we see each and every day that people all …

Quad Not on Military Lines, US Vaccines to India Depend on Regulatory, Legal Processes: Antony Blinken - News18
3 years, 4 months ago

Quad Not on Military Lines, US Vaccines to India Depend on Regulatory, Legal Processes: Antony Blinken - News18

News 18  

The Quad grouping is not on military lines, but like-minded democracies coming together on crucial issues of vaccine, climate change, and maritime security, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. In an exclusive interview with CNN-News18’s Managing Editor Zakka Jacob, Blinken — who is on an official visit to India — talked about working with India on an open and …

The dynamics of vaccine diplomacy in India’s neighbourhood
3 years, 5 months ago

The dynamics of vaccine diplomacy in India’s neighbourhood

Hindustan Times  

In early 2021, India—driven by its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy and in its understanding of its role as the ‘net security provider’ of the region— began providing Covid-19 vaccines on a priority basis to its immediate neighbours. In five sections, the report explores the state of the countries’ vaccine rollout, the gaps in supply that either China or Russia is bridging …

China accuses Australia of COVID-19 vaccine sabotage in the Pacific
3 years, 5 months ago

China accuses Australia of COVID-19 vaccine sabotage in the Pacific

ABC  

The Australian government has denied accusations it has been "sabotaging" China's aid programs with Pacific nations and using "political manipulation" to interfere in COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in the region. Key points: Articles in Chinese state-run media accuse Australia of undermining vaccine cooperation between China and Pacific island countries Australia flatly denies the accusation, saying it is "absolutely not the case" …

What has led to doubts over efficacy of Chinese vaccines?
3 years, 6 months ago

What has led to doubts over efficacy of Chinese vaccines?

Firstpost  

More than 80 countries around the world have received COVID-19 vaccines from China as Beijing stole a march on other major powers in collecting diplomatic brownie points by offering a helping hand in the pandemic fight. According to an online tracker maintained by the consultancy Bridge, China had till June this year provided “more than 350 million doses of vaccines …

China's Vaccine Diplomacy In Question As Countries Using Sinopharm, Sinovac Jabs Witness Surge In Covid Cases
3 years, 6 months ago

China's Vaccine Diplomacy In Question As Countries Using Sinopharm, Sinovac Jabs Witness Surge In Covid Cases

ABP News  

Washington: Several nations, including Mongolia, Seychelles and Bahrain, which had relied on the Chinese Covid-19 vaccines to combat the pandemic and bring back normalcy, are now battling a surge in infections. The examples from several countries suggest the Chinese vaccines may not be very effective at preventing the spread of the virus, particularly the new variants, The New York Times …

China's COVID-19 Vaccine Goes Global
3 years, 6 months ago

China's COVID-19 Vaccine Goes Global

The Diplomat  

China’s Xi Jinping has openly described his country’s coronavirus vaccine development and deployment efforts as a “global public good.” In May, the World Health Organization granted emergency approval for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese state-owned Sinopharm, a move that bolstered China’s goal of playing an active role in global inoculations. The Sinopharm vaccine is the first non-Western COVID-19 jab …

Chinese vaccines help developing countries cope with tough COVID-19 situation: US media
3 years, 6 months ago

Chinese vaccines help developing countries cope with tough COVID-19 situation: US media

China Daily  

In this file photo taken on May 18, 2021 Buddhist monks are injected with the Sinovac Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at the Priest Hospital in Bangkok. NEW YORK -- Chinese vaccines have helped some developing countries in Asia push forward their vaccination drives, the Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week. Indonesia is heavily reliant on shots made by the Chinese …

Chinese vaccines help developing countries cope with tough COVID-19 situation: US media
3 years, 6 months ago

Chinese vaccines help developing countries cope with tough COVID-19 situation: US media

China Daily  

In this file photo taken on May 18, 2021 Buddhist monks are injected with the Sinovac Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at the Priest Hospital in Bangkok. NEW YORK -- Chinese vaccines have helped some developing countries in Asia push forward their vaccination drives, the Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week. Indonesia is heavily reliant on shots made by the Chinese …

Biden gets G-7 reset after win on vaccines, tension over China
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden gets G-7 reset after win on vaccines, tension over China

Live Mint  

President Joe Biden entered his first international summit looking for a breakthrough on vaccine pledges for low-income countries, a united front on China and to tee up his meeting this week with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We put together a committee to do that and come up with that.” Biden’s effort to look strong on China sometimes overstepped: the White …

China and South-East Asian countries pledge greater vaccine cooperation as US influence wanes
3 years, 6 months ago

China and South-East Asian countries pledge greater vaccine cooperation as US influence wanes

ABC  

South-East Asian foreign ministers this week met their Chinese counterpart in the Chinese city of Chongqing, as a major COVID-19 surge across the region strengthens the reliance on Chinese-made vaccines. Key points: The in-person meeting with Wang Yi came after one with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was ruined by technical difficulties The in-person meeting with Wang Yi came …

Quad's Commitment to Provide a Billion Vaccines to People in Southeast Asia is on Track: WH Official
3 years, 6 months ago

Quad's Commitment to Provide a Billion Vaccines to People in Southeast Asia is on Track: WH Official

News 18  

The commitment of the Quad nations to provide a billion Covid vaccines to people in Southeast Asia by 2022 is still on track, despite a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India, a top White House official has said. In March, leaders of the Quad — comprising Australia, India, Japan and the United States during a virtual summit …

No Easy Answer to How India, US Can Mount Global Challenge to China’s Vaccine Diplomacy Bid
3 years, 6 months ago

No Easy Answer to How India, US Can Mount Global Challenge to China’s Vaccine Diplomacy Bid

News 18  

In times of a global pandemic that has ravaged all countries, even the advanced economies, to talk of vaccine diplomacy seems abnormal. The Domestic Challenge The geopolitical aspect of the US and India joining hands to counter China’s vaccine diplomacy faces some hard realities. For the moment, the US has announced gifting of 25 million doses, 19 million for the …

China authorises CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for children above 3 years
3 years, 6 months ago

China authorises CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for children above 3 years

Deccan Chronicle  

Beijing: China has authorised the emergency use of CoronaVac, a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Chinese firm Sinovac, for children aged between 3 and 17 years, Sinovac Chairman Yin Weidong said. Sinovac has finished the Phrase I and II clinical research stage, involving several hundred volunteers in this age group, which has proved that the vaccine is as safe and efficient …

China authorises CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine for children above 3 years
3 years, 6 months ago

China authorises CoronaVac Covid-19 vaccine for children above 3 years

India Today  

China has authorised the emergency use of CoronaVac, a Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by Chinese firm Sinovac, for children aged between 3 and 17 years, Sinovac Chairman Yin Weidong said. Sinovac has finished the phase I and II clinical research stage, involving several hundred volunteers in this age group, which has proved that the vaccine is as safe and efficient as …

India will be a significant recipient of US Covid vaccines: Ambassador Sandhu
3 years, 6 months ago

India will be a significant recipient of US Covid vaccines: Ambassador Sandhu

India Today  

India will be a "significant recipient" of US vaccines, the country’s envoy here has said as President Joe Biden announced details of his administration’s decision to send 25 million Covid-19 shots to countries across the globe. US President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that the US will allocate 75 per cent - nearly 1.9 crore of the first tranche of …

COVID diplomacy 2.0, a different order of tasks
3 years, 6 months ago

COVID diplomacy 2.0, a different order of tasks

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s words on Buddha Purnima, that in times to come the planet will remember events as either “pre-Covid or post-Covid” could not hold truer than for India’s diplomatic structure worldwide. These include requesting the U.S. to share a substantial portion of its stockpile of AstraZeneca doses and to release more vaccine ingredients which are restricted for exports; …

WHO grants emergency approval to China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 6 months ago

WHO grants emergency approval to China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

Al Jazeera  

A panel of experts recommends the use of Sinovac’s jab for adults, with a second dose two to four weeks later. The World Health Organization has approved the emergency use of a COVID-19 jab made by Sinovac, paving the way for a second vaccine produced in China to be distributed among developing countries. An independent panel of experts said in …

Jaishankar to take forward vaccine cooperation, discuss wider relations
3 years, 6 months ago

Jaishankar to take forward vaccine cooperation, discuss wider relations

India Today  

External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s five-day visit to the United States has many goals but the burden of unclogging the vaccine supply chain is the heaviest as India fights the second Covid wave amid severe shortages. The Biden Administration understands the significance of shoring up India’s vaccine production capabilities to make good on the goals laid out in the first …

China welcomes Biden's plan to deliver 80 million COVID vaccines to world, denies vaccine diplomacy
3 years, 7 months ago

China welcomes Biden's plan to deliver 80 million COVID vaccines to world, denies vaccine diplomacy

The Hindu  

China on Tuesday welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden’s announcement to share 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with other countries but termed as "despicable" his assertion that Beijing and Moscow are trying to influence the world with their jabs. Reacting to Mr. Biden’s announcement, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Tuesday said, "If the U.S. can deliver on its commitment …

Internal Biden administration debate over vaccine sharing grows more intense
3 years, 7 months ago

Internal Biden administration debate over vaccine sharing grows more intense

CNN  

Washington CNN — The internal debate in the Biden administration over sharing excess US vaccines doses with other countries has grown more intense in recent weeks as the Covid-19 crisis worsens globally and the situation in the US improves, according to sources familiar with the tensions. This week the Biden administration committed to sharing up to 60 million AstraZeneca vaccine …

China offers vaccines to South Asia, says ‘ready to support’ India
3 years, 7 months ago

China offers vaccines to South Asia, says ‘ready to support’ India

The Hindu  

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday offered Chinese vaccines to countries in South Asia to ensure “a more diversified and stable” regional supply, and said Beijing was also “ready to provide support and assistance” to India. The virtual dialogue involving the Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka marked China’s stepped up engagement in the …

Quad vaccine pact for Asia 'on track' despite India crisis: US officials
3 years, 7 months ago

Quad vaccine pact for Asia 'on track' despite India crisis: US officials

India Today  

An agreement between the United States and three of its closest Indo-Pacific partners to produce up to a billion coronavirus vaccine doses in India by the end of 2022 to supply other Asian countries is "still on track," senior US officials said on Monday, despite a surge of Covid-19 in India. A fact sheet issued after the countries held a …

Vaccine diplomacy that needs specific clarifications
3 years, 8 months ago

Vaccine diplomacy that needs specific clarifications

The Hindu  

On March 18, V. Muraleedharan, Minister of state in the Ministry of External Affairs, while responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha on the “Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccine in Foreign Countries”, noted, “External supplies are done factoring in domestic production, requirements of national vaccination programme and requests for the ‘Made in India’ vaccines. As an obligation Mr. Muraleedharan also …

Biden ramps up vaccine diplomacy efforts as hopes rise that he’ll share surplus doses
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden ramps up vaccine diplomacy efforts as hopes rise that he’ll share surplus doses

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden, well on his way to reaching a new goal of vaccinating 200 million Americans by the end of April, is taking initial steps toward helping other nations ramp up shots, including by boosting global manufacturing and appointing a top global health expert who previously advocated for shipping vaccines from the United States’ surplus abroad. “That’s …

Opinion: The US needs a Marshall Plan for global vaccinations
3 years, 8 months ago

Opinion: The US needs a Marshall Plan for global vaccinations

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Rep. Jake Auchincloss is a Democratic member of Congress who represents Massachusetts’ 4th District. To turbocharge the President’s Build Back Better agenda at home and christen a new era of US foreign policy, we need to lead a global vaccination initiative to help the world beat back the pandemic, much like the Marshall Plan aided in Europe’s recovery …

Nation offers vaccine assistance to 80 countries
3 years, 9 months ago

Nation offers vaccine assistance to 80 countries

China Daily  

The first batch of Chinese-donated COVID-19 vaccine doses is unloaded from a plane at Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare, Zimbabwe on Feb 15, 2021. China is providing and will offer vaccine assistance to 80 countries and three international organizations, the first large-scale assistance of its kind, the country's International Development Cooperation Agency said on Friday. China has acted swiftly …

The message in Alaska, from Washington to Beijing
3 years, 9 months ago

The message in Alaska, from Washington to Beijing

The Hindu  

A week after the first Leaders’ Summit of the Quadrilateral Framework, held on March 12, the message of the virtual meeting between leaders of Australia-India-Japan-the United States was delivered directly to Beijing, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Yang Jiechi, Chinese Communist Party Politburo member and Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office, accompanied by U.S. …

China Offers Its Covid-19 Vaccines to Diplomats, Foreign Journalists
3 years, 9 months ago

China Offers Its Covid-19 Vaccines to Diplomats, Foreign Journalists

News 18  

China has opened its mass domestic COVID-19 inoculation drive for the first time to Beijing-based diplomats and foreign journalists by offering a vaccine developed by a Chinese pharmaceutical company. A notice issued to the foreign journalists here on Wednesday said they can get the Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine, developed by Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group. An advisory issued along with the …

China offers its Covid-19 vaccines to diplomats, foreign journalists
3 years, 9 months ago

China offers its Covid-19 vaccines to diplomats, foreign journalists

India Today  

China has opened its mass domestic COVID-19 inoculation drive for the first time to Beijing-based diplomats and foreign journalists by offering a vaccine developed by a Chinese pharmaceutical company. A notice issued to the foreign journalists here on Wednesday said they can get the Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine, developed by Sinopharm's China National Biotec Group. An advisory issued along with the …

China to Permit Indians and People from 19 Countries to Return if They Take Chinese Vaccines
3 years, 9 months ago

China to Permit Indians and People from 19 Countries to Return if They Take Chinese Vaccines

News 18  

China has made it mandatory for people coming from India and 19 other nations to get Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines if they want to travel to this country. “For the purpose of resuming people-to-people exchanges in an orderly manner, starting from 15 March, 2021, the Chinese Embassies and Consulates in India will provide the persons having taken Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine and …

How to win global fight against virus
3 years, 9 months ago

How to win global fight against virus

China Daily  

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY Editor's Note: While the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to affect almost all countries, some Western politicians and media are trying to smear China by calling its vaccine supply to other countries "vaccine diplomacy", and thus undermining global cooperation against the pandemic. For example, by labeling the vaccines developed and manufactured by non-Western countries as shabby, and calling …

China's Nightmare: In a First, Biden-Modi-Morrison-Suga Write Joint Op-ed on Free Indo-Pacific Region
3 years, 9 months ago

China's Nightmare: In a First, Biden-Modi-Morrison-Suga Write Joint Op-ed on Free Indo-Pacific Region

News 18  

In a rare move, the four leaders of the recent Quad Summit — Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga – shared vision for an Indo-Pacific region that is “free, open, resilient and inclusive”, in a joint opinion piece published by Washington Post on Sunday. To strengthen our …

Biden boosts US vaccine stockpile as world waits
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden boosts US vaccine stockpile as world waits

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has directed his administration to order another 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, growing a likely U.S. surplus of doses later this year while much of the rest of the world struggles with deep shortages. Even before Wednesday’s order, the U.S. was to have enough approved vaccine delivered by mid-May to …

QUAD countries agree to send 1 billion vaccines across Asia by end-2022
3 years, 9 months ago

QUAD countries agree to send 1 billion vaccines across Asia by end-2022

India Today  

Leaders of the United States, India, Australia and Japan agreed to pool financing, manufacturing and distribution capacity to send 1 billion coronavirus vaccines across Asia by the end of 2022, India’s foreign secretary said on Friday. The so-called “Quad” group of four nations want to expand global vaccinations and counter China’s growing vaccination diplomacy in Southeast Asia and around the …

Quad vaccine initiative 'landmark partnership' of 4 countries, tweets PM Modi
3 years, 9 months ago

Quad vaccine initiative 'landmark partnership' of 4 countries, tweets PM Modi

Hindustan Times  

The leaders of the four Quad countries — the United States, India, Japan and Australia — have agreed to build an Indo-Pacific specific vaccine initiative during their first virtual summit on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted. Explaining what Quad vaccine initiative is, foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said, "This is a vaccine supply chain which is built by trust …

U.S. curbs on raw material exports could dent new Quad alliance's vaccine push
3 years, 9 months ago

U.S. curbs on raw material exports could dent new Quad alliance's vaccine push

The Hindu  

The U.S.-backed Quad alliance aims to invest in India’s pharmaceutical capacity as it looks to ramp up COVID vaccine output, but U.S. curbs on exports of key materials could hamper that effort, sources say. The White House said last week it had used the U.S. Defence Production Act — which prevents export of materials to prioritise local production — to …

China hopes Quad meet will be ‘conducive to peace’
3 years, 9 months ago

China hopes Quad meet will be ‘conducive to peace’

The Hindu  

China’s Foreign Ministry said Beijing hoped Friday’s first- ever summit of the leaders of the Quad framework — India, Australia, Japan and the U.S. — would be “conducive” to regional peace and stability “rather than the opposite”. The comments from Beijing on Wednesday came days after China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in his annual press conference on March 7, said …

India seeks funds from Quad alliance to match China's vaccine push: Report
3 years, 9 months ago

India seeks funds from Quad alliance to match China's vaccine push: Report

India Today  

India has urged the United States, Japan and Australia to invest in its vaccine production capacity, an Indian government source told Reuters, as the so-called Quad alliance tries to counter China’s growing vaccine diplomacy. Two senior Indian officials said the Quad alliance, grouping the United States, Japan, Australia and India, was stepping up efforts to expand global vaccination to counter …

5 Reasons to Worry About the ‘Chinese Vaccine Diplomacy’ Narrative
3 years, 9 months ago

5 Reasons to Worry About the ‘Chinese Vaccine Diplomacy’ Narrative

The Diplomat  

In recent months, the term “vaccine diplomacy” has become a popular buzzword used in the media to describe India’s, Russia’s, and in particular, China’s global COVID-19 vaccine rollout. First, “China’s vaccine diplomacy” can be seen as an extension of the Chinese “debt-trap diplomacy” theory that became a cornerstone of the Trump administration’s Africa policy – despite being disproven – to …

COVID: Despite concerns, Chinese vaccines sweep the world
3 years, 9 months ago

COVID: Despite concerns, Chinese vaccines sweep the world

Al Jazeera  

China has pledged roughly half a billion doses of its vaccines to countries around the globe. “I only cared that it has been approved somewhere,” said Milojevic, who got his second shot of China’s Sinopharm vaccine on February 10. “I am sure that China would not kill Chinese people.” While the US and other Western nations have focused on vaccinating …

How India beat China in vaccine diplomacy? It's about the credibility
3 years, 9 months ago

How India beat China in vaccine diplomacy? It's about the credibility

India TV News  

Around 40 years ago in the 1980s, India and China were almost on the same level in terms of economy, now the Chinese economy is approximately five times the size of the Indian economy. According to reports, China had promised around 3.9 million free vaccines to the world, but India has already provided around 6.8 million free vaccines to various …

每日一词∣疫苗公平合理分配 fair and equitable distribution of vaccines
3 years, 10 months ago

每日一词∣疫苗公平合理分配 fair and equitable distribution of vaccines

China Daily  

在联合国安理会2月17日举行的公开会上，中方呼吁各方加强国际抗疫合作，强调“人民至上”的原则。中方指出，各方应该携手抵制 “疫苗民族主义”，促进疫苗公平合理分配。 China called for enhanced international cooperation on COVID-19 vaccines and emphasized a people-first approach in the fight against the pandemic at the United Nations Security Council's open meeting on February 17. China called on all parties to come together to reject vaccine nationalism, and promote fair and equitable distribution of vaccines. 2021年2月10日，中国政府援助赤道几内亚的一批新冠疫苗顺利运抵马拉博。这是中国政府向非洲国家提供的第一批疫苗援助 。（图片来源：新华社） 【知识点】 经历了新冠疫情肆虐的一年，疫苗为人类战胜病毒带来了希望。然而，全球疫苗分配不公问题日渐突出，“疫苗民族主义”和富国“自我优先”等做法正在不同国家和群体间造成“免疫鸿沟”，对全球构建抗疫统一防线的努力造成冲击。 全球化背景下，人类社会相互依存，应对共同挑战不能各自为战。新冠病毒快速跨境传播特性，决定了应该采取全球联防联控策略，而在当前产能、接种能力相对有限的情况下，疫苗也应得到公平合理的分配，特别是发展中国家平等获得疫苗的权利应得到保障，从而实现全球免疫成效的最大化。这是全球尽早战胜疫情、恢复经济的关键。 中国最早承诺将自主研发的疫苗作为全球公共产品，加入“新冠肺炎疫苗实施计划”和世卫组织发起的“全球合作加速开发、生产、公平获取新冠肺炎防控新工具”倡议，不断为全球抗疫注入信心与希望。随着产量大幅提升，中国正积极为缓解全球疫苗供不应求做出贡献，而中国疫苗公平合理的价格也有望极大减轻发展中国家的经济负担。 【重要讲话】 …

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