China earlier this month also offered its vaccines to Nepal, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
China has signed deals with 20 countries, many of which are in Southeast Asia, to offer its home-developed COVID-19 vaccines, China’s media has reported.
With five vaccines being developed in China, Beijing is offering them both as donations and on a commercial basis. Among the countries that are ordering Chinese vaccines are Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Algeria, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Pakistan, Brazil, Ukraine, and Serbia, according to reports in the Chinese State media.
Pakistan on Monday became the first country in South Asia to approve a Chinese vaccine, giving the green light for emergency use for Sinopharm’s vaccine. Its officials are also in talks with another Chinese company, Cansino Biologics, for orders.
China earlier this month also offered its vaccines to Nepal, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as it held a…