China will continue to promote the fair distribution and use of COVID-19 vaccines globally, said Zhao Lijian, spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at a regular briefing in Beijing on Monday.
“Virus is the common enemy of mankind, and a task of top priority for the international community is to get united as one and join the efforts to fight the pandemic. COVID-19 vaccines are global public products. Now several vaccines have become available to the market around the world. It should be up to each country’s independent decision as to which vaccine it opts to use, and there should be neither cutthroat competitions nor so-called ‘confrontations’ on this matter. We hope and welcome more countries to produce more safe and effective vaccines faster and make them available to more developing countries so as to benefit more people,” said Zhao.
“China is earnestly fulfilling its commitment to making COVID-19 vaccines global public products, and carry out international cooperation with other countries, especially developing countries, on the vaccines in different forms. We will offer our support and assistance to them within our capabilities according to their demands. We will continue to promote the fair distribution and use of the vaccines, and strive to benefit more people,” said Zhao.
