{"id":51690,"date":"2021-12-21T20:05:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T18:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=51690"},"modified":"2021-12-21T18:37:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T16:37:41","slug":"zimbabwe-receives-vaccine-donation-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-receives-vaccine-donation-from-china","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe Receives Vaccine Donation From China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Zimbabwe on Monday took delivery of a consignment of one million Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines donated by China.<\/p>\n<p>The vaccines are expected to boost the country\u2019s vaccination campaign as it battles the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The donation follows a pledge made by China at the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) to provide another 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The latest consignment takes the donations made to Zimbabwe by China to two million vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Guo Shaochun handed over the vaccines to Zimbabwe\u2019s Vice President, who is also the health minister, Constantino Chiwenga, at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking shortly after receiving the donation at the airport, Chiwenga, expressed gratitude for the vaccines, saying the donation will help accelerate Zimbabwe\u2019s vaccination campaign. He said:<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Zimbabwe is grateful that it is among the first countries to receive COVID-19 vaccine donations from the People\u2019s Republic of China under this new initiative.<\/p>\n<p>This timely gesture of support and friendship greatly increases our confidence and determination to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and its emerging variants, such as Omicron.<\/p>\n<p>The support includes the secondment of medical doctors, numerous donations of vaccines and the actual facilitation of several purchases of the much-needed Sinopharm and Sinovac doses, to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the same event, Ambassador Guo reaffirmed China\u2019s commitment to helping African countries in the fight against COVID-19 and addressing vaccine inequality. Said, Guo:<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of this consignment demonstrates that China is turning its commitments into visible and tangible outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>China-Africa cooperation will be further increased and benefit wider populations in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>China is by far Zimbabwe\u2019s main supplier of COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>According to daily updates by the Ministry of Health and Child Care, as of 20 December, 4 060 046 people out of a population of about 16 million had received at least one vaccine dose, while 3 074 698 had received both required shots.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe on Monday took delivery of a consignment of one million Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines donated by China. 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