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Batch of COVID-19 Vaccines Donated by the PLA Lands in Zimbabwe

by Eric Olander

The People’s Liberation Army shipped a donation of 100,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to their counterparts in the Zimbabwe Defence Force.

Zimbabwe’s Minister of Defence Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and ZDF Commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda joined Chinese ambassador Guo Shaochun for the arrival and handover ceremony. 

Zimbabwe is the third-largest recipient of Chinese vaccines in Africa behind Egypt and Morocco, according to data from the Beijing-based consulting firm Bridge.

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