The president of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, was among the first people vaccinated. The vaccine used will be the Chinese vaccine developed by the public laboratory Sinopharm with its subsidiary China National Biotec Group (CNBG). Seychelles received 50,000 doses, donated by the United Arab Emirates. The entire population of the archipelago island nation is to be vaccinated on a voluntary basis. The latest assessment shows that 420 people have been infected since the start of the pandemic, including one death, but this figure is constantly rising, with an average of more than 20 new infections per day. After the country’s leaders, the vaccination campaign will be extended on Monday to all medical personnel, then to people working in essential sectors, and then to people over 65 years old before finally reaching the rest of the population. More than a thousand people are to be vaccinated every day.
SOURCE: AFRICA NEWS
More Stories
Ravaged by War and Famine: Sudan’s Conservation Struggles
It’s Been a Turbulent Ride for Africa’s Airlines
Bringing the Classroom to Your Phone
After Serving Time in a U.S. Jail Rwandan Woman is Forced to Face the Music Back Home
Shouldering the Burden Many Children in Malawi Face
How the Super League Will Affect African Footballers
An Important Decision Awaits the Kenyan Electorate
This is the Third Major Train Accident to Occur in Egypt in Less than a Month
A Family Fighting to be Together
Firefighters Battle Raging Fires at One of South Africa’s Key Attractions
Inside Naomi Campbell’s Villa: ‘It’s like Little Italy in East Africa’
The Story of Rwanda’s Regeneration and Rehabilitation