China vows to make coronavirus vaccine a 'global public good' once ready

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China would make any coronavirus vaccine it developed a "global public good" once it was put into use, President Xi Jinping told the World Health Assembly on Monday.

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Xi also told the assembly's first-ever virtual gathering that China will provide $2 billion in global COVID-19 aid over two years.

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