Tanzania receives 3 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by China
STORY: Tanzania receives 3 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by China
DATELINE: July 15, 2022
LENGTH: 00:00:46
LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania
CATEGORY: HEALTH/POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the handover ceremony
STORYLINE:
The government of Tanzania on Thursday received a donation of 3 million COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccine doses donated by China.
Chu Kun, Economic and Commercial Counselor in the Chinese Embassy in Tanzania, handed over the vaccines to the director of Preventive Services in the Ministry of Health, Beatrice Mutayoba, at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam.
She said the 3 million vaccine doses will be used to vaccinate 1.5 million people in the east African nation.
She added that 10,115,804 people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, which is equal to 16.51 percent of all Tanzanians.
She urged people to continue taking preventive measures against COVID-19, including taking the jabs, saying the pandemic was still prevalent in
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