The United Arab Emirates will become the first country to produce China’s Sinopharm vaccine abroad in a deal that deepens Beijing’s influence in the Gulf, long a bastion of US power.Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries PSC said on Sunday it signed a contract to start manufacturing the vaccine from April, making UAE the first Gulf state to set up a coronavirus vaccine production facility and boosting its efforts to become a supply hub to the Middle East and beyond.The agreement with Abu Dhabi’s G42…
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