CAIRO, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) Turkey has inoculated more than 5 million people with the China-made COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, Iraq set a new daily record of COVID-19 infections in this year with 3,896 new cases. So far, over 5.2 million people in Turkey have received China's Sinovac vaccine, including 900,000 who have taken their second shot, since the start of the nationwide vaccination on Jan. 14, according to the data released by the Turkish.
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CHINA / DIPLOMACY By Global Times Published: Feb 13, 2021 01:16 PM Updated: Feb 13, 2021 06:39 PM
A medical worker prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital on the outskirts of Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, Feb 4, 2021.Photo:Xinhua
As more countries in the Middle East, South Asia and Eastern Europe have cast a vote of confidence in China s COVID-19 vaccines, China has secured contracts for more than 500 million doses of vaccine from 16 countries and regions.
Pakistan approved Chinese company CanSinoBio s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the country, Pakistani Health Minister Faisal Sultan said on Friday, making it the second country to approve this one-dose vaccine following Mexico s approval on Wednesday.