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Macron donates over 100,000 Covid vaccine doses to Rwanda

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French President Emmanuel Macron in Rwanda on May 27, 2021. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA

French President Emmanuel Macron has donated over 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to Rwanda as both countries move to amend ties.

The donation of 117,600 vaccine doses was delivered on Thursday as President Macron arrived in Rwanda on a two-day state visit.

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