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Zimbabwe receives 200,000 doses of China s Sinopharm vaccine
From CNN s Sharon Braithwaite
Airport employees unseal a shipment of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine at Harare International Airport in Zimbabwe on February 15. Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images
Zimbabwe received 200,000 doses of China s Sinopharm vaccine on Monday. The shipment was donated by China.
The country will start administering the doses this week, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa said Monday on Twitter. The first batch of vaccines for Zimbabwe has been successfully delivered. We start vaccinating Zimbabweans this week! The faster our country is protected against this virus, the faster Zimbabwe’s economy can flourish, he said.
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