Macron Calls on China to Be More Transparent on Covid Shots

  • French leader says there’s more clarity on Russian vaccines
  • China’s vaccine diplomacy is “a little bit humiliating”

A health care worker administers a Covid-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination center in Beijing, on Jan. 15.

Photographer: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

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French President Emmanuel Macron called on China to be more transparent with the science behind its coronavirus vaccines.

It’s not clear if Chinese vaccine developers are adopting common standards because details on their inoculations are less available than those from Western drugmakers, Macron said on Thursday during an online panel discussion to mark the opening of The Atlantic Council’s Europe Center.