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Zimbabwe To Get Chinese C19 Vaccines, Says Ambassador. When? Well, That’s TBD.

by Eric Claude Olander

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin’s inclusion of Zimbabwe in a list of 14 developing countries that would have early access to Chinese COVID-19 vaccines was reaffirmed by Beijing’s envoy to Harare on Tuesday. Not surprisingly, the announcement caused quite a bit of excitement in the Zimbabwean press, especially given that the country has few defences against the deadly virus. 

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