Coronavirus: China hits out at vaccine ‘hoarding’ nations during BRICS talks


The Chinese foreign minister has accused some developed countries of “hoarding” Covid-19 vaccines, but praised the BRICS bloc of emerging economies for doing the opposite and offering doses to other nations.

Wang Yi made the remarks on Tuesday in a virtual meeting of foreign ministers from the grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. China, India and Russia all have vaccine makers.

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