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Zimbabwe Takes Delivery of More Than a Million Doses of Chinese-Made Vaccines

by Eric Olander

Zimbabwe took delivery on Tuesday of a huge shipment of more than a million doses of COVID-19 vaccine that it purchased from China. In making the announcement on Twitter, Chinese ambassador Guo Shaochun acknowledged some of the vaccine production and distribution problems at home.

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