The European Union, EU, has offered free Covid-19 vaccines to China.
The development is to help Beijing contain a mass outbreak of the illness.
The initiative is part of efforts by the Health Commissioner, Stella Kyriakides to arrange a European response to the prospect of a wave of infections after Beijing ditched its so-called “zero Covid” policy.
“Commissioner Kyriakides has reached out to her Chinese counterparts to offer solidarity and support, including public health expertise as well as through variant-adapted EU vaccine donations,” the report says.
At the same time, authorities around the world are imposing or considering curbs on travelers from China as Covid-19 cases there surge following its relaxation of “zero-Covid” rules. China has rejected criticism of its Covid data.u
“European Union government health officials will hold talks on Wednesday on a coordinated response to the surge in Covid-19 infections in China,” the Swedish EU presidency said on Monday, after December talks concluded with no decisions on the matter.
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