Senegal on Wednesday night received the first batch of China s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine.
Senegalese President Macky Sall, First Lady Marieme Faye Sall, senior government officials, Chinese Ambassador to Senegal Xiao Han and representatives of the World Health Organization also attended the delivery ceremony at Blaise Diagne International Airport.
The first batch of 200,000 doses of vaccine were conveyed by a special flight of the national company Air Senegal from Beijing.
Speaking at the ceremony, President Sall first expressed his sincere thanks to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the acquisition of these doses of vaccine.
He also thanked Ambassador Xiao for the follow-up of this complex operation .
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