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Recently, it was learned from relevant departments and enterprises that since the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, China has provided 189 million doses of the new crown vaccine to 27 African countries, and the annual production capacity of localized cooperative production in Africa has reached about 400 million doses. China-Africa solidarity and anti-epidemic cooperation has continued to make new progress, constantly pushing to bridge the "immunity gap".

In November 2021, at the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, China announced that it will provide another 1 billion doses of vaccines to Africa, and will assist African countries in implementing 10 medical and health projects and dispatch 1,500 medical personnel to Africa. team members and public health experts.

"Since the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was held, China has been supporting Africa's fight against the epidemic and post-epidemic recovery with concrete aid projects. Relevant work has achieved remarkable results and formed a number of early harvests." Liu Junfeng, director of the Second Division of the Development Cooperation Agency, said that China will continue to deliver vaccines and anti-epidemic supplies to Kenya, Mali and other countries in the near future, and will continue to work with Africa to jointly promote the implementation of relevant anti-epidemic cooperation measures.

Chinese companies play an active role in improving the availability and affordability of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa. Sinopharm China Biotechnology is actively conducting vaccine cooperation with African countries, and has obtained access permits from 47 African countries. The production of vaccines is suitable for people over 3 years old. In addition to supplying new crown vaccines, Sinovac also promotes clinical trials with African countries. A number of cooperations, including research, localized production, and cold chain warehousing, have contributed to the prevention and control of the epidemic in Africa.

It is reported that since the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was held, China has dispatched 332 additional medical personnel to 19 African countries and trained 3,600 local medical personnel. In addition, the China-aided African CDC headquarters project is expected to be completed in early 2023. After completion, it will further help China and Africa carry out technical cooperation in public health and help Africa improve its epidemic prevention and control capabilities.

Liu Junfeng said that in the next step, China will continue to provide vaccines and anti-epidemic materials to African countries in need, carry out medical technology cooperation, help African countries improve public health systems, support African countries in fighting the epidemic and post-epidemic economic and social recovery and development, in order to build A closer China-Africa community with a shared future will make greater contributions.