Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said China will provide an additional 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa.
Report informs, citing Xinhua, that Xi made the remarks while addressing the opening ceremony of the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation via video link.
He said China also intends to implement ten projects in medicine and healthcare for African countries and send 1,500 medical workers and experts in the sphere of public health to Africa.