© Provided by Hindustan Times Speaking at the 16th G20 Leaders' Summit via a video link, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed a global vaccine cooperation initiative. (Reuters)Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for mutual recognition of vaccines against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) based on the emergency use listing of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the state media reported. Of the all Covid-19 vaccines China has developed, two of them, one from Sinovac Biotech and one from Sinopharm, have been included in the WHO's emergency use list. The other Covid-19 vaccines approved for use by WHO are Moderna mRNA-1273, Pfizer/BioNTech BNT162b2, Oxford/AstraZeneca AZD1222, Covishield, and Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) Ad26.COV2.S. On Friday, Mainland China reported 59 new local cases of infection, its highest number of daily new cases since September 16.

Source: Hindustan Times October 31, 2021 00:00 UTC