WORLD / AFRICA By Xinhua Published: Feb 24, 2021 08:19 AM
Former Senegalese Prime Minister Souleymane Ndene Ndiaye is being vaccinated with China s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 23, 2021, in Dakar, Senegal.(Photo: Xinhua)
Senegalese Minister of Health and Social Action, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, is being vaccinated with China s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 23, 2021, in Dakar, Senegal.(Photo: Xinhua)
Senegalese General Director of Health, Marie Khemesse Ngom Ndiaye, is being vaccinated with China s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 23, 2021, in Dakar, Senegal.(Photo: Xinhua)
Senegalese epidemiologist Moussa Seydi is being vaccinated with China s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 23, 2021, in Dakar, Senegal.(Photo: Xinhua)
Senegal on Tuesday officially began the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination, taking a new step in the crusade against the pandemic.
2021-02-23 14:30:44 GMT2021-02-23 22:30:44(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
DAKAR, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) Senegal on Tuesday officially began the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination, taking a new step in the crusade against the pandemic.
Senegalese Minister of Health and Social Action Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in front of the press at his ministry, which symbolized the starting point of Senegal s vaccination campaign.
Politicians, such as former Prime Minister Souleymane Ndene Ndiaye, Foreign Minister Aissata Tall Sall, Minister of National Education Mamadou Talla, and members of the health workers were also vaccinated Tuesday morning.
The Senegalese health minister said after vaccination that Senegalese President Macky Sall had instructed him to respect two things, fairness and transparency.
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