Paul Kagame and Rwanda’s first lady receive vaccines

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his wife Jeannette received their doses of the Covid vaccine on Thursday to serve as an example as people remain skeptical about vaccines.

Photos of them being vaccinated at Kigali’s King Faisal hospital have been tweeted by the president’s office:

As part of the ongoing nationwide vaccination rollout that has seen more than 230,000 people vaccinated, President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame received their #COVID-19 vaccines at King Faisal Hospital. pic.twitter.com/OylatTad9W

— Presidency | Rwanda (@UrugwiroVillage) March 11, 2021

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Note that Rwanda is the first African nation to opt for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. It has also received doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.