Seychelles begins virus vaccination using Chinese drug | World

Sunday, 10 Jan 2021 10:25 PM MYT
The country is using the Chinese vaccine developed by the Chinese pharma giant Sinopharm with its subsidiary the China National Biotec Group (CNBG). — AFP pic
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VICTORIA, Jan 10 — The Indian Ocean archipelago of the Seychelles began vaccinating its population against the coronavirus today, the first African nation to do so.
The country’s president, Wavel Ramkalawan, was the first to receive the jab, an event broadcast on live television at a hospital in the capital Victoria. Several dozen other public figures joined him.

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