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Power jab: the rise of vaccine diplomacy

An international power tussle over vaccines is under way

20 February 2021

9:00 AM

20 February 2021

9:00 AM

At the end of January the President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, gave a speech on the tarmac of Santiago airport. ‘Today is a day of joy, excitement and hope,’ he said, standing in front of a Boeing 787 which had just arrived from Beijing. Inside it were two million vaccine doses produced by the Chinese company Sinovac.

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