Only 8 512 vaccinated in Greater Francistown
Three die from complications
The rollout of the Sinovac vaccine in Greater Francistown has come to an end after covering only a fraction of the over 65 age bracket.
Botswana’s adult population is estimated at 1.6 million.
By the time you read this story, most of the vaccination centers in the Greater Francistown would have run out of the vaccine whose rollout began on 11th May.
Botswana received 200 000 doses of the Sinovac vaccines from China in late April. This was in addition to the 60 000 doses of Covishield and 24 000 doses of AstraZeneca received from India and South Korea respectively.