Mnangagwa gets Covid-19 vaccine as country fights hesitancy

Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa. PHOTO | AFP

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa received his first shot of the Chinese Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday as the southern African country tries to encourage its people to accept the vaccines.

President Mnangagwa got the jab in Victoria Falls, a tourism hub on the border with Zambia, where he also launched the second phase of the country’s Covid-19 immunisation drive.