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The China-Africa Vaccine Air Bridge is Open

by Eric Claude Olander

A specially modified Ethiopian Airlines jet landed in Addis Ababa on Saturday from Beijing marking the beginning of the new air bridge linking China and Africa to deliver millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines. 

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