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Half a Million Sinopharm Jabs Now Going From China to Equatorial Guinea

by Eric Olander

Media in Equatorial Guinea have been closely following the shipment of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines from the airport in Beijing to the capital in Malabo where it’s expected to arrive on Thursday. The Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua confirmed that this shipment was purchased by the EQ government and is not a donation. (XINHUA)

Other than this shipment to Equatorial Guinea, there are no other reports of Chinese vaccine deliveries to Africa.

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