Zimbabwe Embarks on National Vaccination Drive With Donated Sinopharm Jabs

Less than one week after Zimbabwe took delivery of 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from China, the government announced an additional 75,000 are on their way from India.

Even though vaccines are now starting to make their way into people’s arms, it may be a while before the public gets inoculated, given that these initial batches are reserved for frontline healthcare workers, security personnel and government officials.

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by Eric Olander

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