Egypt on Thursday expanded its coronavirus vaccination rollout to include the elderly and people with chronic diseases after several weeks of vaccinating medical staff, the cabinet said. The Arab world’s most populous country with more than 100 million, has prepared 40 vaccination centres and plans to increase that number after …
Read More »Algeria receives doses of Chinese Sinopharm vaccine
As reported by the state news agency , Algeria has received 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine donated by China. Read also: Eight found dead in Liberia flat after party The North African state launched its vaccination campaign in January, with 50,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V, and has since …
Read More »Zimbabwe set to receive doses of the covid-19 vaccine from China
Zimbabwe is set to receive a further 800,000 doses of the Covid-19 jab from China, indicating the “excellent relationship” between the two nations and the Asian giant’s willingness to give the southern African state “preferential treatment” amidst a global “stampede” for vaccines. The announcement was done by the Zimbabwean presidential …
Read More »Mozambique receives 200,000 Chinese vaccine doses
Mozambican authorities received the first batch of 200,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses from the Chinese government. The vaccines by Sinopharm were received on Wednesday by Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosario at the Maputo International Airport. The prime minister said the government was working on getting more Covid-19 vaccines. The vaccination …
Read More »Jane Aceng denies vaccination of Museveni’s inner circle
For few days, according to rumors, the inner circle of the Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni would have been immunized against the coronavirus pandemic. The Ugandan health minister Jane Aceng in a Tweet denied reports that top government officials have been vaccinated against Covid-19 before the country formally receives vaccines. Minister …
Read More »Senegal to share vaccines with neighboring countries
In a statement, Macky Sall the Senegalese president said the country is offering Gambia and Guinea-Bissau 10,000 vaccines each “as a form of African solidarity” Senegal recently purchased its first 200,000 doses from Sinopharm and national rollout began on Tuesday. In Gambia, more than 4,500 people are known to have …
Read More »Zimbabwean authorities buy 600,000 Covid-19 vaccines from China
Zimbabwe will receive 800,000 coronavirus vaccine doses developed by China’s Sinopharm by the start of March, the government has said. China is donating 200,000 of the shots while Zimbabwe is paying for the other 600,000. Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said in a video posted on Twitter that the first batch …
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