Covid-19: Congo-Brazzaville receives thousands of doses of Chinese Sinopharm vaccine
Congo-Brazzaville received 100,000 doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine on Wednesday.
JOEL SAGET AFP
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Authorities received 100,000 doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine on Wednesday March 10 to fight the coronavirus pandemic which, since its appearance in the country a year ago, has killed more than 120 people.
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With our correspondent in Brazzaville,
Loïcia Martial
Three members of the government came to the airport to receive this donation, which also contains more than one hundred thousand syringes.
"
We must be delighted that the Congo has just received its first batch of vaccines against the coronavirus," said
Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo, the Minister of Health
.
The vaccination will start in the following days.
We are ready to vaccinate.
The vaccination sites are known
”.
Which category of the population will be vaccinated first?
“
We will start by vaccinating the people most at risk: health personnel, the press which is in contact with everyone, the public force.
We must especially favor people who have associated diseases (diabetes, hypertension) and those who are over 50 years old,
”explained Professor Alexis Elira Dokekias, first responsible for the care of Covid patients.
According to Ma Fulin, the Chinese ambassador, the Congo is one of several beneficiary countries of the Sinopharm vaccine.
"
This proves that China always remains alongside developing countries to fight together against Covid-19
".
Congo recorded its first case of the coronavirus on March 14, 2020 and has more than 120 deaths to date.
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