TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has announced a plan to provide 10 million coronavirus vaccine doses to developing nations through the global COVAX initiative. Its Foreign Ministry says China is responding to a request from the World Health Organization as developing countries seek to fill shortages predicted to run through March. Beijing called it an important policy decision to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines and to promote international cooperation in the fight against the pandemic. The ministry says WHO is in the process of approving Chinese vaccines for emergency use. COVAX has secured only a fraction of the 2 billion doses it hopes to buy in 2021. Pfizer last month committed to supply up to 40 million doses, and AstraZeneca has contributed 150 million doses.
