Updated: BioNTech sends mRNA Covid-19 vaccines to China for 20,000 expats
China has opened up its doors to a foreign Covid-19 vaccine for the first time, though not for its own citizens, a German government spokesperson told Reuters on Wednesday.
BioNTech’s mRNA vaccines have been sent to China to meet the goal of vaccinating 20,000 German expatriates there, a spokesperson for the German embassy in Washington confirmed to Endpoints News. There will be additional shipments, the spokesperson said, without providing details on when or how many doses would be delivered. The shots will be provided free to Germans over 12 years old and will be shipped to German embassies and companies across the country.
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