Burundi Gets First Batch of Covid-19 Vaccines in China Donation
Vials of the Sinopharm Group Co Ltd. Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination site, in the Belgrade Fair exhibition center in Belgrade, Serbia, on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. On Monday, World Health Orgnization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said drug manufacturers had prioritized regulatory approval in rich countries, where profits are highest, rather than submitting full dossiers to get the greenlight from the global health body. Photographer: Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg
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(Bloomberg) -- Burundi received 500,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines on Thursday, in a Chinese donation valued at $3 million, according to Health Minister Thaddée Ndikumana.
“We have received these doses from the Chinese government as a grant,” he said. More vaccines from Belgium, France, and the U.S. are expected, Ndikumana said, without giving more details.
Burundi has registered 19,513 Covid-19 cases and 14 deaths, according to the World Health Organization.
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