FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2020, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Sinovac worker checks the labeling on vials of COVID-19 vaccines on a packaging line in Beijing. With just four of China’s many vaccine makers claiming they are able to produce at least 2.6 billion doses this year, a large part of the world’s population will end up inoculated not with Western vaccines boasting headline-grabbing efficacy rates, but with China’s traditionally made shots.
It’s a potential face-saving coup for China, which has been determined to transform itself from an object of mistrust over its initial mishandling of the COVID-19 outbreak to a savior. Like India and Russia, China is trying to build goodwill, and has pledged roughly 10 times more vaccines abroad than it has distributed at home.
Like many other countries, Chile received far fewer doses of the Pfizer vaccine than first promised. In the month after its vaccination program began in late December, only around 150,000 of the 10 million Pfizer doses the South American country ordered arrived. China’s vaccines, which can be stored in standard refrigerators, are attractive to countries like Indonesia, a sweltering nation that straddles the equator and could struggle to accommodate the ultracold storage needs of vaccines like Pfizer’s.
Serbia became the first country in Europe to start inoculating its population with China’s vaccines in January. The country has so far purchased 1.5 million doses of Sinopharm’s vaccine, which makes up the majority of the country’s supply, and smaller amounts of Russia’s Sputnik V and Pfizer’s vaccines.
Many leaders have publicly supported the Chinese shots to allay concerns. Early on, “people had all these microchip theories in their heads, genetic modification, sterilization, running around on social media platforms,” said Sanjeev Pugazhendi, a medical officer in the Indian Ocean island nation of the Seychelles, whose president recently received a Sinopharm shot on camera.
Sinopharm, which said its vaccine was 79% effective based on interim data from clinical trials, did not respond to requests for an interview. Sinopharm’s chairman has said they have not had a single severe adverse event in response to their vaccine. Russia and India have faced similar skepticism, partly because people have less trust in products made outside the Western world, said Sayedur Rahman, head of the pharmacology department at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Bangladesh.
Mind you that these nations wouldn't have to rely China's vaccine had the Communist Party of China handled the outbreak correctly, with transparency and open communication with the rest of the world about the COVID-19 virus.
Pay reparations to all nations over the China flu
Then why didn't US do more 'diplomacy'? Isn't US the one putting 'human rights' a mouthful all day?
Heck, no.
lol, way to lead by example US 'industry'! But hey, at least the US version(s) will make the owners filthy rich.
CCP will be asking these resource rich nations they are donating vaccines to ... for a favor though. 😷
In related news, citizens of more than two dozen countries and regions mysteriously woke up yesterday with a strange urge of obedience to Xi Jinping
and will suddenly have a desire to invade taiwan
China's virus is really a surprise and deadly success ☠
Well they should after all the viruscame out of china
The Chinese vaccine And Sputnik V vaccine continue to help the world While the American vaccine continues to kill people
JeffHillinChina Vaccine Diplomacy? The AP as imperialist mouth piece can't say anything positive about China, can you? China helping developing countries are vaccine diplomacy, meanwhile this is USA.
How many people in China have been vaccinated already? More than 3% ?
If China would be more open it would be different.
JeffHillinChina Kenneth says that some American military athletes on the way to the Wuhan military games were infected with Covid-19. He suspect that they caused the Wuhan outbreak.
Or.. 'China's vaccine diplomacy is a surprise success' Despite western propaganda in media.
Nothing like profiting immensely from something you created out of a lab in Wuhan
DanJack45260569 With six you get egg roll.
打 肿 脸 充 胖子。
The virus is contained in Chn and no longer a imperative concern. BTW, Chn had gotten 40m+ of its population vaccinated prior to the Spring Festival holiday. a paced rollout
Not as much of a surprise success as China's facilitation of COVID's global spread. Even more of a surprise when the vaccinated fall ill because the vaccine is either fake or ineffective. globaltimesnews XHNews
you honestly expect any non whites to get a decent share of the western developed vaccines ?
That was why they invented the virus in the 1st place wasn't it...... So they can make millions on the cure? Prob not but it wouldn't surprise me
Well goodie on them! They want to do deals with the red Chinese devil let them be the ones bending over taking a Xi Jinping suppository fair up their 'democracies'!
What could go wrong?
I think China's vaccine is very dangerous
The feckin Chinese invented the ailment - they should be at least halfway to the bloody cure ffs!
It is important there was an 'alternative vaccine', judging by the emergence of vaccine nationalism by the West
But why did the virus spread in the first place?
Sad. Do not take chinese vaccine
Couple of months ago I came across a recommendation about Dennis66536 wealth how he helped investors to earn lots of money with their investments. and I decided to give a trial with the little I have. Now my little has turned into something great which was not my expectation
Vacxin virut dear
What’s the efficacy. That’s the bottom line.
What is not clear is why China does not give this vaccine to its own citizens?
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