China to give Afghanistan 400,000 Covid vaccine doses

KABUL (Pajhwok): In addition to provision of food worth 550 million afghanis, China has announced it would supply in aid 400,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Afghanistan.

The State Ministry for Emergency Situations said on Sunday that China competed the provision of food items to Afghanistan during the past three months and handed over a certificate to the ministry.

Speaking on the occasion, State Minister Emergency Situations Ghulam Bahauddin Jilani said China provided 5266 metric tons of food to Afghanistan worth nearly 550 million afghanis.

The aid included 1286 tons of wheat and 3982 tons of rice, he said, adding that the distribution of the food items to people hit by natural disasters had been launched.

“China and Afghanistan are good neighbors," said Wang Yu, China’s ambassador to Afghanistan. He said China would soon provide 400,000 doses of the corona vaccine to Afghanistan.

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