news GLOBALink | Sierra Leonean president, top officials take COVID-19 vaccines Xu Zheng Replay Video UP NEXT FREETOWN, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio became the first citizen to take the COVID-19 vaccine in the country, which officially rolled out its mass vaccination campaign on Monday. Vice President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh and many other top government officials also received vaccine shots at the rollout ceremony, alongside frontline health workers. "I can not ask people to take the vaccine without taking it first. So as a leader, I have to lead my people by example," said Bio, adding that he thanked all the donor partners, particularly China, for donating the vaccines to Sierra Leone.