On July 3rd, the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) announced that it has authorized emergency use access in South Africa with conditions for the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Sinovac Life Sciences Co of China. We welcome this important development in China-South Africa cooperation on COVID-19 vaccines.
The world is now still suffering greatly from COVID-19 and South Africa is facing the impact of a third wave of infections. The Chinese Embassy in South Africa will actively follow through on the political commitment of President Xi Jinping on making Chinese COVID-19 vaccines a global public good. We will continue to fully assist and accommodate the South African side to see that Chinese vaccines delivered to South Africa as quickly as possible, so as to help the South African people fight and eventually defeat the virus.