Bolivia begins inoculation with Sinopharm jabs


Precious cargo: Nursing students waving Bolivia flags to welcome trucks carrying China’s Sinopharm vaccines for Covid-19 in La Paz. — AP

LA PAZ: Chinese Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines arrived in Bolivia on Wednesday for the largest vaccination drive ever in the Latin American country.

“Bolivia now has the vaccines. We have the solution... Now we are going to vaccinate everyone, ” Bolivian President Luis Arce said at Viru Viru International Airport, where a plane carrying the vaccines from Beijing landed in the morning.

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