On the afternoon of the 15th local time, the Zimbabwe Presidential Palace in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, held a signing ceremony for the China-aided New Crown Vaccine Handover Certificate.
Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa, Vice President Chiwenga, Vice President Mohadi and other senior officials of the Zimbabwean government attended the ceremony. Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun and embassy staff also attended the ceremony.
President Mnangagwa delivered a speech at the ceremony, praising China's aid to Zimbabwe's new crown vaccine arrived in Harare.
He pointed out that China has extended a helping hand to Zimbabwe by donating the new crown vaccine to help fight the epidemic, which just proves that China and Zimbabwe have a consistent and unwavering partnership.
This move has brought Zimbabwe into a new dawn in the fight against the epidemic, and Zimbabwe is full of confidence in this.
He once again expressed his heartfelt thanks to the Chinese leaders, the Chinese government and the Chinese people.
At the ceremony, President Mnangagwa and Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun, on behalf of Zimbabwe and China, signed the certificate of delivery of China's aid to Zimbabwe and took a group photo.
China's aid to Zimbabwe's new crown vaccine was transported to Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe by a special plane of the government of Zimbabwe from Beijing, China, on the early morning of the 15th local time. Vice President Chiwenga of Zimbabwe went to the airport to greet him on behalf of the Zimbabwe government.
This batch of vaccines will be successively distributed to vaccination centers across Zimbabwe, and then starting this week, different groups of people will be vaccinated in batches according to the vaccination plan formulated by the Zimbabwe government.
(Headquarters reporter He Xu)