HARARE - Zimbabwe on Sunday received one million SINOVAC vaccines it bought from China as the African country battles to meet the demand for the COVID-19 jabs. After the arrival of the doses from China on Sunday, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube told reporters that Zimbabwe had paid $92 million for 12 million jabs from China and from the COVAX – the United Nations’ vaccine-sharing initiative. Mthuli Ncube, Zimbabwe’s finance minister, told reporters at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare on July 25, 2021 that the country had paid $92 million for 12 million jabs from China. (VOA/Columbus Mavhunga)“So, our vaccination program and vaccine acquisition program is going very well. On Sunday, Dr. John Mangwiro, Zimbabwe’s junior health minister, said with the arrival of a million jabs, the vaccination program would intensify.

Source: Ethiopian News July 25, 2021 15:56 UTC