Egypt, Seychelles get first jabs
(World News Egypt)

Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan has become Africa`s first head of state to receive the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine. Ramkalawan rolled up his sleeve for the injection in front of the local press last week, kicking off a national immunisation campaign that was initially aimed at healthcare workers. The move comes after the United Arab Emirates donated 50 000 doses of a vaccine developed by Chinese manufacturer Sinopharm. The UAE has been an early adopter of the Sinopharm jab alongside China, Serbia and Egypt. Seychelles may have followed suit, but concerns about a lack of peer-reviewed vaccine data or late-stage data on not just Sinopharm but also other Chinese and Russian jabs may...