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No health issues noted as 250,000 in Rwanda get AstraZeneca jab

Rwanda Covid-19 vaccine.

A man gets his vaccine from Muyumbu Health center in Rwamagana District, Rwanda, on March 5, 2021. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA | THE EASTAFRICAN

By  Ange Iliza

With over 250,000 people vaccinated with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in Rwanda, no health problems have been recorded so far.

Rwanda has been carrying out countrywide vaccinations for the last two weeks.

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