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China to donate 500,000 Covid-19 vaccines to Pakistan by AFP Staff Writers Islamabad (AFP) Jan 21, 2021 China will donate 500,000 doses of its Covid-19 vaccine to Pakistan, the country's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Thursday. It comes as the number of coronavirus cases surged to 527,146 in Pakistan, with over 11,000 deaths since the virus was first detected in February last year. "Pakistan greatly appreciates the 500,000 doses of the vaccine gifted by China," foreign minister Qureshi tweeted. The news follows similar announcements from other nations in the region -- the Philippines, Cambodia and Myanmar have all announced they were set to receive vaccine donations from Beijing. Qureshi had earlier told reporters: "China has assured us that the first shipment of half a million doses will be free of cost and will arrive by end of January". Beijing also promised to send another one million doses by end of February, he said, adding that emergency use and authorisation of the SinoPharm vaccine had been approved in Pakistan. For years, China has focused much of its attention in Pakistan on mammoth development projects, bankrolling the construction of roads, power plants and a strategic port. Beijing has also recently tapped Islamabad -- one of its closest allies -- to participate in the vaccine trials, despite the country's chequered history with inoculation campaigns.
Chinese city rushes to build massive Covid-19 quarantine centre Beijing (AFP) Jan 19, 2021 Thousands of prefabricated rooms fill a vast field on the outskirts of China's Shijiazhuang city as construction crews work around the clock to erect a large quarantine facility to curb the city's growing Covid-19 outbreak. China has largely brought the virus under control even as the rest of the world struggles with mounting deaths and overburdened hospitals. But a spate of small, localised outbreaks has prompted Chinese officials to order mass testing, strict lockdowns and to prepare to move ... read more
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