China Pledges Due Contribution To Victory Over Covid

China will make its due contribution to humanity's ultimate victory over the Covid-19 pandemic, President Xi Jinping said on Friday.

Xi made the remark via video link in Beijing while addressing the 21st meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Xinhua News Agency reported.

China has provided close to 1.2 billion doses of finished and bulk vaccines to over 100 countries and international organisations, thus becoming the biggest vaccine provider in the world, Xi was quoted as saying.

China will step up efforts to provide a total of two billion doses to other countries in the course of this year, Xi said.

"We will deepen anti-Covid cooperation with other developing countries, make good use of China's donation of US$100 million to Covax, and make our due contribution to humanity's ultimate victory over the virus," he said.