Apathy, suspicion at China’s new foray into vaccine diplomacy

A plane carrying 300,000 Sinopharm coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines

A plane carrying 300,000 Sinopharm coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines arrives at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 30, 2021.  PHOTO | AFP 

By  Allan Olingo

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Tanzania is crawling out of Covid denialism. 
  • Most of sub-Saharan African countries have kept off the two Covid-19 vaccines from China, Sinopharm and Sinovac. 
  • Data shows that Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech Ltd has donated 1.2 million doses of Sinovac to Africa. 

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