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Airzim, the nation’s pride
Political Editor
ON Monday, early in the morning, Government officials set camp at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport awaiting the arrival of the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines, a gift from China that could see the country being the first to roll-out mass vaccination in the region.
Later in the day, President Mnangagwa officially received the vaccines that he described as a shot in the arm, especially, at a time when the nation was observing a Covid-19 national lockdown.
It was a historic moment that has been hailed across the globe as the country used its own resources, including the national airliner Air Zimbabwe to bring the vaccines home leaving many in the region wondering how the country has been able to keep its bird in the air when other airliners are facing imminent collapse.
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By Leopold Munhende
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube says government’s biggest priority for now was to save citizens from Covid-19 as opposed to opening the country for people to pursue livelihoods.
He was speaking at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport where some government officials were receiving the country’s first batch of Covid-19 vaccines in the form of 200 000 doses of Sinopharm donated by China.
“Our strategy as a government in dealing with the pandemic is saving lives first and then livelihoods,” said Ncube.
“The vaccine constitutes a silver bullet in terms of dealing with the pandemic and saving lives.”