The UAE launched a new project on Sunday to begin manufacturing the Covid-19 vaccine within the country.The “Life Sciences and Vaccine Manufacturing in the UAE” is a joint project by the UAE’s Group 42 and China’s Sinopharm CNBG, and was announced on the sidelines of an official visit by the Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, to the UAE.Hayat-Vax is the first Covid-19 vaccine production line in the UAE and comes shortly after Yi stated that China and UAE would collaborate on an affordable vaccine that would be made available to countries that need it especially within the Middle East and Africa.
The UAE and China today inaugurated a new chapter in their historic and distinguished relations, under the title “Strategic Partnership for Humanity,” said Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. “We are continuing the efforts that we initiated at the onset of the Covid-19 crisis. A partnership that sets an example to be emulated for collaboration between friendly nations in times of crises.
The joint project is an added value to the international efforts being made in the face of the Covid-19 crisis which has been taking a toll on everyday lives across the world,” added Sheikh Abdullah.The first vaccine approved for emergency use within the UAE was the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine. The UAE became was the first country in the world to approve the vaccine on December 9, 2020 after initiating its trial in the country on June 23, 2020.
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