FT: EU offers free COVID-19 vaccines to China

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The initiative is part of Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakidou’s efforts to have a unified European response to the massive wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections following the decision taken by the Chinese authorities to abruptly end the “zero COVID” policy

The European Union has offered China free vaccines against COVID-19 to help it bring the current outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic under control, the Financial Times reported.

The initiative is part of Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakidou’s efforts to have a unified European response to the massive wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections following the decision taken by the Chinese authorities to abruptly end the “zero COVID” policy, according to the information from the newspaper, citing Commission officials who spoke to it on condition of anonymity.

“Commissioner Kyriakidou has reached out to Chinese officials to offer solidarity, support, expertise and donations of vaccines specifically tailored to deal with variants” of the virus, a European official explained to the Financial Times.

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