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China plans cold-chain bridge for vaccines to Africa

After a dent during the pandemic, to regain some credibility and influence, China plans to donate vaccines to those countries who can't afford them. As part of the plan, Beijing is setting up a logistics network, which includes a cold-chain air bridge from Shenzhen to Ethiopia to ship and distribute vaccines to Africa. China is seeking to change the coronavirus origins narrative, alleging the virus may have originated outside the country. One paper even concluded that the virus orgins link back to India. Egypt has already received two shipments of 100,000 vaccine