China to help Malaysia with Covid-19 vaccines

Premier Li Keqiang holds a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin via video link on Friday. - Xinhua

BEIJING, May 23 (China Daily/ANN): China will help improve the Covid-19 vaccine production capacity of Malaysia－the first country to agree on a reciprocal vaccination arrangement with China－and encourage communications and cooperation between the two countries' health departments and contagion control experts, Premier Li Keqiang said.

Li, who held a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin via video link on Friday (May 21), said that China also hopes Malaysia guarantees early inoculation of Chinese citizens in Malaysia.