China to cooperate with Indonesia against "vaccine divide"; Indonesia's Covid-19 total hits above 1.61 million

A women nd her takes wefies and selfies after receiving the Sinovac Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine in Banda Aceh on April 20, 2021.- AFP

BEIJING/JAKARTA, April 20 (Xinhua): Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China, while comprehensively promoting domestic vaccination, will continue to carry out vaccine cooperation with Indonesia, help Indonesia build a regional vaccine production centre, and jointly resist the "vaccine divide."

In a phone conversation with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Xi stressed that both China and Indonesia attach great importance to people's lives and health and oppose "vaccine nationalism," noting that vaccine cooperation between the two countries is at the forefront of the world.