President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau and Chinese Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Guo Ce met last week to discuss closer Sino-Guinéan cooperation, notably in countering the COVID-19 pandemic and in building infrastructure.

A party of Chinese healthcare practitioners has arrived in Cabo Verde to reinforce the efforts there to counter the COVID-19 pandemic, and generally to increase Sino-Cabo-Verdean cooperation in the field of medicine, the Chinese Embassy in Praia says.

Members of the São Toméan legislature belonging to the People’s Republic of China-São Tomé and Príncipe Parliamentary Friendship Group, and Chinese Ambassador to São Tomé and Príncipe Xu Yingzhen met last week to discuss Sino-São Toméan ties, the Chinese Embassy says.

China will keep working with Brazil to enhance Sino-Brazilian cooperation on vaccines against COVID-19, the China Daily reported, citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China.

The Chinese Embassy in Lisbon says it held online a symposium about the COVID-19 pandemic, which was attended by representatives of Chinese living in Portugal. The event took place last week.

Chinese Ambassador to Timor-Leste Xiao Jianguo has visited construction sites in the country where state-owned Chinese companies are at work.

The head of the Macao Polytechnic Institute International Portuguese Training Centre, Professor Joaquim Ramos de Carvalho, will give a lecture at the institute on February 25 about the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the future of academic cooperation by China and the Portuguese-speaking world, the institute says.

The Chinese Embassy in Brasilia and the Chinese consulates in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Recife have jointly arranged a celebration online of the forthcoming Lunar New Year, Xinhua reports.

Chinese Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Guo Ce has said China is willing to increase Sino-Guinean cooperation, according to his embassy.

Chinese Ambassador to Timor-Leste Xiao Jianguo has said China is ready to strengthen Sino-Timorese ties in the field of tertiary education, the Chinese embassy in Dili says.

Mozambican Foreign Minister Verónica Macamo has expressed gratitude to China for its support for the economic and social development of her country, the Chinese Embassy in Maputo says.

The authorities in Brazil are discussing with Sinovac Biotech Ltd of China the acquisition of 20 million more doses of CoronaVac, a vaccine against COVID-19 developed by the company, Reuters reports.