Pakistan, China to strengthen cooperation in developing coronavirus vaccine

In this photo released by the Pakistani Foreign Office, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, meet in China's Hainan province to holding the second round of the China-Pakistan foreign ministers' strategic dialogue on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. (Photo courtesy of Foreign Office via AN)

• Beijing has agreed to keep supporting Pakistan to overcome the impact of the coronavirus pandemic 
• This understanding was reached during a recent visit of Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to China

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesman says his country and China agreed to strengthen cooperation in developing a vaccine for the coronavirus.
The ministry spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri says Beijing has agreed to keep supporting Pakistan to overcome the impact of the coronavirus. He says this understanding was reached during a recent visit of Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to China.
The announcement comes days after Pakistan’s drug regulatory agency approved final-phase testing of a Chinese-made vaccine against coronavirus. Pakistan reopened business in May and plans to reopen schools next month.
Pakistan has reported six new deaths and 445 new cases in the past 24 hours. The coronavirus has caused 62,74 confirmed deaths since February.