Zimbabwe takes delivery of first batch of Covid-19 vaccines

A Zimbabwean airplane commissioned to transport the first batch of Chinese-donated COVID-19 vaccine doses is parked on tarmac at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 14, 2021. (Photo by Wang Xiaodan/Xinhua)

By  Kitsepile Nyathi

Correspondent in Harare, Zimbabwe

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The 200 000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine were donated by China and Zimbabwe says it has bought 600 000 more doses that would be delivered by the first week of December.

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