Singapore, China to deepen collaboration on public health, including development of Covid-19 vaccines and treatments

Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat with Chinese Vice-Premier Han Zheng in an October 2019 photo. - The New Straits Times/Asian News Network

SINGAPORE, Aug 1 (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore and China will deepen collaboration on public health, including developing Covid-19 vaccines, treatments and diagnostics, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said.

This partnership will be a new area of cooperation under the Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC), the highest-level bilateral platform between both countries and jointly chaired by DPM Heng and Chinese Vice-Premier Han Zheng.