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China's Fosun to import 7.2m doses of BioNTech-Pfizer COVID vaccine

Company working with airlines to start shipments in January

Fosun is arranging logistics with several airlines to start transporting the vaccine from BioNTech’s German factory to China starting in January.    © Reuters

BioNTech's Chinese partner Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group plans to import 7.2 million doses of the German company's COVID-19 vaccine in the first half of 2021, Caixin learned from several people familiar with the company's plan.

Fosun is arranging logistics with several airlines to start transporting the vaccine from BioNTech's German factory to China starting in January. Based on available data, the company can import 1.2 million doses a month, the people said.

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